Joe Smillie

Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center levy meetings to begin Friday

SEQUIM –– Backers of the Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center are hosting a set of meetings this week to explain the public center’s February levy… Continue reading

Port Townsend police continue increased foot patrols downtown in response to complaints of transients littering and sleeping in parks and on docks

Port Townsend police increase patrols in response to trash from transients, festival attendees

PORT TOWNSEND –– Police have ramped up downtown foot patrols in an effort to counter a rash of trash left at public places by transients… Continue reading

Port Townsend police continue increased foot patrols downtown in response to complaints of transients littering and sleeping in parks and on docks
Superintendent Kelly Shea of the Sequim School District talks about efforts to improve graduation rates at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting Tuesday at SunLand Golf & Country Club. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Chief: Sequim schools reaching ‘the hard part’ of graduating 100 percent of students

SEQUIM –– Schools in Sequim need to be better at creating alternative education styles to reach the 1 out of 4 students who do not… Continue reading

Superintendent Kelly Shea of the Sequim School District talks about efforts to improve graduation rates at the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting Tuesday at SunLand Golf & Country Club. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim initiatives will miss November ballot as judge orders trial for lawsuit

PORT ANGELES –– Two proposed initiatives aimed at changing Sequim’s dealings with unions representing city employees will not be on the ballot come November. Clallam… Continue reading

State Rep. Steve Tharinger

State Rep. Tharinger discusses marijuana taxes, school funding with Sequim City Council

SEQUIM –– Local governments should get a share of pot taxes, and legislators need to focus on closing tax loopholes as they look for sources… Continue reading

State Rep. Steve Tharinger

Sequim initiatives will miss November ballot as judge orders trial for lawsuit

PORT ANGELES –– Two proposed initiatives aimed at changing Sequim's dealings with unions representing city employees will not be on the ballot come November. Clallam… Continue reading

Jacques and Jana Dulin

CORRECTED — Sequim patent attorney marks 50th anniversary with sand sculpture

EDITOR'S NOTE: The name of the law firm has been corrected. SEQUIM –– Jacques Dulin holds “something like a dozen” patents, has helped shepherd through… Continue reading

Jacques and Jana Dulin

Millions of dollars awarded for Peninsula salmon habitat work

More than $4.8 million has been awarded to North Olympic Peninsula salmon conservation groups to boost projects aimed at improving salmon habitat along Puget Sound.… Continue reading

Millions of dollars awarded for Peninsula salmon habitat work

More than $4.8 million has been awarded to North Olympic Peninsula salmon conservation groups to boost projects aimed at improving salmon habitat along Puget Sound.… Continue reading

Dale Faulstich

Jamestown S’Klallam to donate totem pole for Sequim’s new civic center

SEQUIM –– A 30-foot Western red cedar log from the Hoh River valley is in the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe's House of Myths, waiting to be… Continue reading

Dale Faulstich

Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center levy meetings to begin Friday

SEQUIM –– Backers of the Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center are hosting a set of meetings this week to explain the public center’s February levy… Continue reading

Dale Faulstich

Jamestown S’Klallam to donate totem pole for Sequim’s new civic center

SEQUIM –– A 30-foot Western red cedar log from the Hoh River valley is in the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe's House of Myths, waiting to be… Continue reading

Dale Faulstich
Tom Clark

Sequim’s Clarks named North Olympic Land Trust’s Farmers of Year

SEQUIM –– The clutch is out on their tractor, the teenage farmhand needs to train a replacement so he can go hunting next weekend, and… Continue reading

Tom Clark
Volunteer workers Ray Madsen

Volunteers fix up Sequim home of National Guard veteran, war widow

SEQUIM ––With a little help from her community, Army National Guard veteran and war widow Faye Quinn now has a safer place for her 6-year-old… Continue reading

Volunteer workers Ray Madsen
Volunteer workers Ray Madsen

Volunteers fix up Sequim home of National Guard veteran, war widow

SEQUIM ––With a little help from her community, Army National Guard veteran and war widow Faye Quinn now has a safer place for her 6-year-old… Continue reading

Volunteer workers Ray Madsen
In the title role

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Community Players stage ‘Elephant Man’

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 19. PORT ANGELES –– Now exhibiting: a phenomenon not seen before! Deformities to puzzle the finest minds… Continue reading

In the title role

Deadline issue debated in hearing on Sequim ballot initiatives lawsuit

PORT ANGELES –– Saying they are up against a pending ballot deadline, attorneys Thursday implored Clallam County Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer to order a… Continue reading

Steve Johnson scrubs a graffito from Tamanowas Rock during a seven-hour cleanup session Sept. 11. — Bill Laubner

Jamestown S’Klallam tribe members remove graffito from sacred site of Tamanowas Rock

CHIMACUM –– With a team of five and a special product known as “Elephant Snot,” workers for the Jamestown S’Klallam have removed a pink-and-white “I… Continue reading

Steve Johnson scrubs a graffito from Tamanowas Rock during a seven-hour cleanup session Sept. 11. — Bill Laubner
Art made by clients and staff of Peninsula Behavioral Health

Port Angeles behavioral staff, clients’ art on display tonight (Friday)

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 19. PORT ANGELES –– A special art show by Peninsula Behavioral Health will open with an artists'… Continue reading

Art made by clients and staff of Peninsula Behavioral Health
In the title role

WEEKEND: Port Angeles Community Players stage ‘Elephant Man’ tonight, Saturday

PORT ANGELES –– Now exhibiting: a phenomenon not seen before! Deformities to puzzle the finest minds of medicine! “Nobody has ever actually encountered a disorder… Continue reading

In the title role