Joe Smillie

Jefferson real estate: Port Ludlow homes fuel county’s continued housing market recovery [Corrected]

PORT TOWNSEND –– Powered by a strong demand for Port Ludlow homes, the Jefferson County housing market continued a strong recovery through the first half… Continue reading

Clallam real estate: Sequim home sales rise; Port Angeles’ unit sales decline [Corrected]

SEQUIM –– Though 535 homes sold in Clallam County's major housing markets during the first six months of 2014, a closer look at real estate… Continue reading

Grace Burnette

WEEKEND: Hansel-Gretel story with a twist opens at Port Angeles Community Playhouse

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 18. PORT ANGELES –– Those needing a fix of fairy tale follies can follow the bread crumbs… Continue reading

Grace Burnette
Lilianna Mitchell appears as Little Cosette in Peninsula Family Theater's “Les Miserables

WEEKEND: Peninsula Family Theater takes on ‘huge production’ of ‘Les Miserables’ now through Aug. 2

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 18. SEQUIM –– Do you hear the people sing? You can for the next three weekends, as… Continue reading

Lilianna Mitchell appears as Little Cosette in Peninsula Family Theater's “Les Miserables
Ron Farquhar

Sequim civic leader Farquhar dies; leader of big-box store growth as both retailer, city councilman

SEQUIM –– Ron Farquhar, a man central to the growth of Sequim as the North Olympic Peninsula's retail center, is dead. He was 70. Farquhar… Continue reading

Ron Farquhar
German tourists Frieda and Moritz Guhrke enjoy lavender-and-white-chocolate ice cream with custard in garden chairs at Purple Haze Lavender Farm. —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

SEQUIM LAVENDER WEEKEND: Sweet purple lavender to spread calm during celebration starting today

SEQUIM –– There’s a calm in the air. Though the tens of thousands of lavender-loving visitors expected to flood the Dungeness Valley today, Saturday and… Continue reading

German tourists Frieda and Moritz Guhrke enjoy lavender-and-white-chocolate ice cream with custard in garden chairs at Purple Haze Lavender Farm. —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Grace Burnette

WEEKEND: Hansel-Gretel story with a twist opens at Port Angeles Community Playhouse tonight (Friday)

PORT ANGELES –– Those needing a fix of fairy tale follies can follow the bread crumbs to the Port Angeles Community Players’ Playhouse for a… Continue reading

Grace Burnette
Lilianna Mitchell appears as Little Cosette in Peninsula Family Theater’s “Les Miserables

WEEKEND: Peninsula Family Theater takes on ‘huge production’ of ‘Les Miserables’ now through Aug. 2

SEQUIM –– Do you hear the people sing? You can for the next three weekends, as the songs of angry men emanate from Sequim High… Continue reading

Lilianna Mitchell appears as Little Cosette in Peninsula Family Theater’s “Les Miserables
Ron Farquhar

Sequim civic leader Farquhar dies; leader of big-box store growth as both retailer, city councilman

SEQUIM –– Ron Farquhar, a man central to the growth of Sequim as the North Olympic Peninsula's retail center, is dead. He was 70. Farquhar… Continue reading

Ron Farquhar
Ron Farquhar

Former Sequim City Councilman Farquhar dies; veteran retailer oversaw retail center development

SEQUIM –– Ron Farquhar, a man central to the growth of Sequim as the North Olympic Peninsula's retail center, is dead. He was 70. Farquhar… Continue reading

Ron Farquhar

Sequim City Council approves improvement plan at Albert Haller Playfields

SEQUIM –– Sequim Family Advocates can begin building parking spaces and a restroom facility at Albert Haller Playfields now that the group has received approval… Continue reading

Sequim nixes $5,000 request from chamber of commerce for events promotion

SEQUIM –– Saying it's unfair to support one neighborhood over another, the City Council shot down a request from an organization of downtown merchants for… Continue reading

Bill Littlejohn

Prominent Sequim businessman fined $60,000 for concealing donations in last year’s election campaign

SEQUIM –– The state Public Disclosure Commission has fined Olympic Ambulance owner Bill Littlejohn $60,000 for concealing campaign donations to the successful effort to sink… Continue reading

Bill Littlejohn

Three who want to unseat Congressman Kilmer make their arguments at forum

PORT ANGELES — Three men vying for the 6th Congressional District seat now held by Rep. Derek Kilmer — William “Greybeard” McPherson, Douglas Milholland and… Continue reading

A doll carved out of bone will be displayed with other Tse-whit-zen artifacts at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

WEEKEND: Tse-whit-zen items on display at Elwha Heritage Center in Port Angeles; Saturday event marks opening

PORT ANGELES –– A decade after being excavated, 14 artifacts from the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen are back in Port Angeles. “They've been away… Continue reading

A doll carved out of bone will be displayed with other Tse-whit-zen artifacts at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center in Port Angeles. Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Dillan Witherow and Abby Mae Latson

‘Christmas in July’ concert in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES –– Yes, Virginia, it is July, but that doesn't mean you can't feel the yuletide glee. Indie folk rockers Witherow will be joined… Continue reading

Dillan Witherow and Abby Mae Latson
Charles Jack Lehman

Charles Jack Lehman, longtime Sequim grocer and volunteer, dies at age 80

SEQUIM –– Longtime grocer Charles Jack Lehman, whose family's meat market and grocery served Sequim for 90 years, died at his home June 29 after… Continue reading

Charles Jack Lehman

SARC to ask for tax levy for first time in more than a decade

SEQUIM –– Voters will be asked in February for a property tax levy to fund operations and maintenance at the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, the… Continue reading

Cort Armstrong

WEEKEND: At Olympic Cellars, music, a toga party, wine releases on Saturday

PORT ANGELES –– The chicken pickin' Appalachian songs of the Cort Armstrong Band will uncork Olympic Cellars' annual concert series Saturday. The free Red, White… Continue reading

Cort Armstrong

WEEKEND: Comic art conferences set in Port Angeles, Clallam Bay-Sekiu

Today refers to Friday, July 11. Kapow! Exclamation points, thought bubbles and surreal landscapes are on tap as comic books take over the North Olympic… Continue reading