Jeff Chew

Brinnon man accused of gun threat at Little League game

QUILCENE — Jefferson County deputies arrested a 58-year-old Brinnon man Friday night after they said he pointed a handgun in the face of a 64-year-old… Continue reading

Jeff Lundstrom

Alert store manager keeps woman from being scammed

SEQUIM — Jeff Lundstrom thought it was a little suspicious when a 79-year-old woman approached him to ask how she could wire $1,900 to her… Continue reading

Jeff Lundstrom
Mikki Saunders died at her daughter's home in Eastern Washington on Monday.

Mikki Saunders, longtime Port Angeles food bank director, dies at age 78

PORT ANGELES — Mikki Saunders, who ran the Port Angeles Food Bank for 22 years and was known for her selfless giving to the needy… Continue reading

Mikki Saunders died at her daughter's home in Eastern Washington on Monday.

Sequim School Board votes on cut to vocational education department

SEQUIM — The Sequim School District vocational education department will be cut by 0.2 of a full-time equivalency teaching position instead of the originally planned… Continue reading

Mikki Saunders

Mikki Saunders, former Port Angeles Food Bank director, dies

PORT ANGELES — Mikki Saunders, who ran the Port Angeles Food Bank for 22 years and was known for her selfless giving to the needy… Continue reading

Mikki Saunders
Mayor Ken Hays and Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese spoke about the centennial at Tuesday's Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim’s centennial starts to take shape

SEQUIM — City leaders are planning an entire year of events — from Old Fashioned May Days and Fourth of July festivities to a street… Continue reading

Mayor Ken Hays and Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese spoke about the centennial at Tuesday's Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

Cost emphasized in civic center proposal

SEQUIM — In an effort to craft a police and City Hall civic center proposal that voters will support, the City Council asked project planners… Continue reading

International Lavender Conference set this weekend in Sequim

SEQUIM — Lavender growers and those who love the fragrant purple flower worldwide are expected at the Sequim International Lavender Conference, which begins Friday. The… Continue reading

Powell Jones

Exercise mimics animals at Outdoor Fun Fair

SEQUIM — The folks with the Dungeness River Audubon Center are taking a wild approach to getting exercise naturally. A new Animal Olympics fitness station… Continue reading

Powell Jones

Exercise to mimic wildlife at Outdoor Fun Fair

SEQUIM — The folks with the Dungeness River Audubon Center are taking a wild approach to getting exercise naturally. A new Animal Olympics fitness station… Continue reading

Nir Barnes

Officials formulating plan for dealing with tsunami debris

PORT ANGELES — What sea trash and flotsam that was picked up along the Olympic Coast's shores Saturday will give federal officials a better handle… Continue reading

Nir Barnes
Paul Cronauer speaks after receiving honors from Port Angeles Mayor Cherie Kidd

Ailing Landing mall owner feted

PORT ANGELES — Calling him an innovator, creator and an inspiration, Mayor Cherie Kidd proclaimed Saturday as Paul Cronauer Day in Port Angeles. Cronauer, who… Continue reading

Paul Cronauer speaks after receiving honors from Port Angeles Mayor Cherie Kidd

Sequim schools to consider small staff cut tonight

SEQUIM — The School Board has called a special meeting today to possibly act on a proposal to cut the vocational education department staff by… Continue reading

Courtney Harris

EARTH DAY CLALLAM: Volunteers enjoy sunny day during beach cleanup

PORT ANGELES — Carrie Marshall and her daughters enjoyed a mostly sunny Earth Day on the Port Angeles seashore Saturday as they picked up everything… Continue reading

Courtney Harris

Family’s naming rights contract with Olympic Medical Center ends

SEQUIM — The Thomas family’s naming rights contract with Olympic Medical Cancer Center, which has been called the Thomas Family Sequim Cancer Center since it… Continue reading

More than 30 MoveOn.org supporters from Sequim and Port Angeles gather at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue late Tuesday afternoon for a “Tax Day” protest. The message of the group led by Andrea Radich of Port Angeles — to tax the 1 percent and spare the 99 percent — echoed similar protests across the nation. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News

About 30 protest at Tax Day rally in Sequim

SEQUIM — More than 30 MoveOn.org supporters from Sequim and Port Angeles gathered at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue late Tuesday afternoon… Continue reading

More than 30 MoveOn.org supporters from Sequim and Port Angeles gather at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue late Tuesday afternoon for a “Tax Day” protest. The message of the group led by Andrea Radich of Port Angeles — to tax the 1 percent and spare the 99 percent — echoed similar protests across the nation. Jeff Chew/Peninsula Daily News
Payton Renner

Mother-daughter kayakers safe after gusts strand them

By Jeff Chew Peninsula Daily News DUNGENESS — Two rescuers with Clallam County Fire District No. 3 safely rowed to shore two Seattle kayakers who… Continue reading

Payton Renner
Cameron and Kelley Bluthenthal

Brothers hope to score with comedy at Sequim film fest

CARLSBORG — The Bluthenthal brothers, two of the youngest moviemakers in Friday's seventh Annual Sequim Student Film Festival competition, panned their camera 180 degrees this… Continue reading

Cameron and Kelley Bluthenthal

Makah elder who opposed whaling dies at age 88

NEAH BAY — Alberta Nora Thompson, a Makah elder who fiercely opposed whaling, died Wednesday at Avamere Olympic Health & Rehabilitation in Sequim. She was… Continue reading

Marie Meyers

Sequim Relay For Life chairwoman carries on fight

SEQUIM — Marie Meyers, like many in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, has a heart-rending story to tell about a loved one who fought cancer and lost.… Continue reading

Marie Meyers