Jim Manders

Sequim: Dungeness River team’s report lists water quality successes

SEQUIM -- Partners in the Dungeness River Management Team worked on 25 projects during 2001, according to the group's annual report released this week. The… Continue reading

Sequim: Middle school students preparing for history contest

SEQUIM -- Twenty-three Sequim Middle School students are checking facts and verifying sources as they prepare their entries for the state history contest May 3-4… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Fire district buys acreage next to school

SEQUIM -- Commissioners of Clallam County Fire District No. 3 took the first step Tuesday toward a multiuse fire station in Carlsborg when they approved… Continue reading

Sequim: Burned firefighter out of intensive care; wife buoyed by authors

SEQUIM -- Lisa McAneny, wife of a Sequim volunteer firefighter severely burned in late February, is seldom at a loss for words. But an act… Continue reading

Sequim: Schmitt appointed to City Council

SEQUIM -- In a 4-2 vote Monday night, the City Council named Patricia Kasovia Schmitt as the successor to former Councilman Dave Anders, who resigned… Continue reading

Drinking teens: Young tipplers a growing problem on Peninsula

EDITOR's NOTE: This is the first of a two-day series on the increasing problem of underage drinking on the North Olympic Peninsula. In private homes,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Military retirees may seek new primary care doctors

PORT ANGELES -- As many as 400 retired military personnel and dependents of active duty personnel in Jefferson and Clallam counties could be looking for… Continue reading

Peninsula: U.S. Sen. Murray visits, raps low Medicare reimbursements

SEQUIM -- Healthcare professionals from Jefferson and Clallam counties didn't have to persuade Patty Murray that there's a problem with low reimbursement rates paid by… Continue reading

Sequim: Voters to decide SARC levy rate

SEQUIM -- A six-year maintenance and operations levy for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center will be on the ballot during the September primary election. The… Continue reading

Peninsula: Syringe exchange site moved in Clallam County

There will be no syringe exchange this evening in Port Angeles and the program will open in a new location next week, according to Clallam… Continue reading

Dungeness: Home destroyed by fire

DUNGENESS -- A candle burning in a bedroom is believed to have caused the fire that destroyed a home early Saturday. The owner of the… Continue reading

Sequim: Clallam County won’t shore up Kinkade Creek logjam

SEQUIM -- Clallam County won't take action to shore up a logjam at the south end of Kinkade Island to keep the Dungeness River from… Continue reading

Sequim: State park to connect to city sewer system

SEQUIM -- Construction of a system connecting Sequim Bay State Park to the city's sewage treatment plant is expected to start late this summer or… Continue reading

Clallam: Agnew residents oppose trail location

AGNEW -- Residents of a small neighborhood here are wondering why Olympic Discovery Trail is going to be within a stone's throw of their homes… Continue reading

Sequim: Top police chief candidate has controversial history

SEQUIM -- The man who appears to be the leading candidate for police chief has resigned from his last two jobs following complaints. City Manager… Continue reading

Peninsula: Proposed trail link discussed for Blyn area

GARDINER -- Finding a route for Olympic Discovery Trail between Blyn and the Clallam-Jefferson county line should be a cakewalk if Monday night's meeting sponsored… Continue reading

Sequim: Community effort shaped new park

SEQUIM -- When Children's Park opened Wednesday at Sequim Community School, six-year-old Grace Kirsch didn't care about the four inches of snow covering the ground.… Continue reading

Sequim: County may back away from Hyer Farm purchase

SEQUIM -- Clallam County commissioners are rethinking the $112,000 purchase of the historic Hyer Farm from the state Department of Transportation after it placed restrictions… Continue reading

Sequim: Mayor suggests privatizing trash pickup service

SEQUIM -- Calling municipal garbage collection service "a time bomb," Mayor Walt Schubert said it's time for the city to get out of the trash… Continue reading

Sequim: Workers remove unsalvageable parts of mural

SEQUIM -- Workers used sledgehammers this week to remove unsalvageable parts of a mural on Lehman's Market, but many sections of the painting were saved… Continue reading