Jim Thomsen

City manager selects ex-colleague for police chief post in Sequim

SEQUIM -- In deciding the future of the city's law enforcement leadership, Bill Elliott went back to his past. City Manager Elliott announced Tuesday that… Continue reading

 

Tribal accords with state could boost cigarette sales on Peninsula

Cigarette sales have never been a big source of revenue for the Native American tribes of the North Olympic Peninsula. But being able to sign… Continue reading

 

Sequim Planning Commissioner chairwoman cites workload in abrupt resignation

SEQUIM -- For the second time in a month, the city is seeking to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission after its chairwoman for… Continue reading

 

Ambassadors to dine at Jamestown S”Klallam event Jan. 15

BLYN -- Norway's and Namibia's ambassadors to the United States top a distinguished lineup of guests spanning three continents who have accepted invitations to speak… Continue reading

New Year’s revelry includes dip in Port Angeles, Nordland waters

Everyone pondering participation in a "polar plunge" on Saturday -- including events in Port Angeles and on Marrowstone Island -- should proffer a brief nod… Continue reading

Fired Sequim High School teacher disputes investigation, vows appeal

SEQUIM -- On Nov. 17, Dave Trapp allegedly scratched a male student's stomach during a classroom "skirmish" over a soft drink bottle. Two days later,… Continue reading

Investigative documents detail how Sequim teacher allegedly conducted late-night chats with girl, 13

SEQUIM -- Sometimes they talked late into the night, the 52-year-old teacher and the 13-year-old girl. She shared her secrets with him, many of which… Continue reading

Sequim multiplex cinema could be showing flicks by next fall

SEQUIM -- If all goes as planned, an eight-screen movie theater proposed for the east end of town could be selling tickets and showing first-run… Continue reading

Even kids get into swing of new Sequim Transportation Center

SEQUIM -- There may be no bigger boosters of Clallam Transit buses than the boys and girls of Bibity Bobity Child Care. The Carlsborg day… Continue reading

Affordable-housing project for elderly gets green light in Sequim

SEQUIM -- The City Council has sent a loud-and-clear signal about its commitment to affordable housing for senior citizens. And sometime soon, the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Congressman intervenes to gain freedom for Sequim immigrant

SEQUIM -- The people clamored, and Norm Dicks listened. Deluged with thousands of e-mails, letters and phone calls for nearly two months, pleading with the… Continue reading

What it was like in federal detention center

SEQUIM -- For the first three weeks of his confinement, Oliver Strong had nothing to read, nobody to talk to and no relief from the… Continue reading

Four Sequim police chief candidates meet officials, civic leaders

SEQUIM -- Nancy Reeder loves the Alaska city she's called home during her 25 years in the military and in the police department. But part… Continue reading

Boys & Girls Clubs get a new executive director

SEQUIM -- Nearly 20 years ago, Cinnamon Falley would steal a quarter from her mother's house in a poor section of Tacoma's south end and… Continue reading

Sequim business survey shows merchants, others optimistic about area’s future

SEQUIM -- Tourism isn't nearly the factor in this area's economy that it's marketed to be. Neither is the Christmas season. Yet Sequim and Dungeness… Continue reading

Sequim: Board waters down proposed head lice policy

SEQUIM -- A no-nit policy has been nitpicked out of a School Board proposal to take a tougher stance against head lice in public schools.… Continue reading

Sequim: Four candidates for police chief to visit this week

SEQUIM -- There's a reason all four finalists to become Sequim's next police chief hail from the Pacific Northwest. City Manager Bill Elliott said he… Continue reading

Sequim: School district deals with head lice in children

SEQUIM -- Public schoolteachers here have a nit to pick with nits. Dealing with students who come to class with head lice -- tiny insects… Continue reading

Sequim: Family ordered deported may get to leave on own terms

SEQUIM -- Oliver and Penny Strong, along with their five children, have all but run out of avenues of appeal to avoid being deported to… Continue reading

Sequim: Eight-screen cineplex proposed

SEQUIM -- The number of silver screens on the North Olympic Peninsula could almost double if an eight-screen movie-theater complex proposed on the eastern edge… Continue reading