Joe Smillie

Members of Sequim High School’s choir

Sequim High School choir heads to Carnegie Hall

SEQUIM –– How do you get to Carnegie Hall? For the Sequim High School choir, it took a couple of years of selling Christmas trees,… Continue reading

Members of Sequim High School’s choir
Special trustee meeting planned for Saturday at the MAC.

UPDATED — MAC exhibit center in Sequim awash in resignations, continued financial questions, ‘hate messages’

SEQUIM –– The Museum and Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley will close its exhibit center at 153 W. Cedar St., Saturday afternoon, as usual.… Continue reading

Special trustee meeting planned for Saturday at the MAC.
The Elwha River Casino as it looked at its opening. —Peninsula Daily News photo

Elwha River Casino to mark five years with celebration

PORT ANGELES –– Five years ago, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe opened its first casino, adding a new generation of spinning wheels, flashing lights and… Continue reading

The Elwha River Casino as it looked at its opening. —Peninsula Daily News photo

Sequim City Council spurns chance to endorse school bond issue

SEQUIM –– The City Council has refused to offer an official endorsement of the Sequim School District’s $154 million construction bond request, as was requested… Continue reading

Zoning OK’d for pot shops in Sequim

SEQUIM –– State-licensed marijuana shops will be limited to the dense commercial districts at the east and west ends of Washington Street, though they won’t… Continue reading

Sequim City Council spurns chance to endorse school bond issue

SEQUIM –– The City Council has refused to offer an official endorsement of the Sequim School District’s $154 million construction bond request, as was requested… Continue reading

Clallam County Planning Commission reviews pot businesses in county

PORT ANGELES –– Clallam County planners are looking at a status quo approach to allowing recreational pot business to set up shop. The siting of… Continue reading

Sequim museum calls on heritage to fix its misfortunes

SEQUIM –– The troubled Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley has added six descendents of Dungeness Valley pioneers as trustees. “Things are not… Continue reading

Descendants of pioneers called upon to fix Sequim museum’s misfortunes

SEQUIM –– The troubled Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley has added six descendants of Dungeness Valley pioneers as trustees. “Things are not… Continue reading

Clallam prepares for a marijuana-growing future in Dungeness watershed

SEQUIM –– With a potential new industry of marijuana-based agriculture looming for Clallam County, officials are considering the impacts of increased irrigation in the water-starved… Continue reading

The Sequim City Hall and its palm tree. One will be razed

New home likely for palm tree to be evicted from Sequim City Hall

SEQUIM –– Big Trees of Sequim has agreed to remove and transport to a new home the signature palm tree that has stood in front… Continue reading

The Sequim City Hall and its palm tree. One will be razed
Michael J. Pierce

‘Radio playing in his head’: Will Quilcene man face a double-murder trial for the fourth time?

PORT ORCHARD –– A hearing April 18 will determine whether Michael J. Pierce will stand trial a fourth time for the slayings of a Quilcene… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce
Michael J. Pierce

Mistrial again in murder retrial of Quilcene man over withheld medication

PORT ORCHARD –– The second retrial of murder charges against Michael J. Pierce of Quilcene ended in a mistrial this afternoon (Friday) after psychiatrists testified… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce

WEEKEND: Sequim Irrigation Festival makes its splash Saturday

SEQUIM –– Between the mountains and the sea lies a lush green valley that, thanks to miles and miles of irrigation ditches, has produced food… Continue reading

Mike Gallagher

Olympic Resource Protection Council considers lawsuit after Ecology rejects appeal to rework Dungeness water rule

SEQUIM –– Members of the Olympic Resource Protection Council said they plan to ask donors whether they should proceed in court to reverse a state… Continue reading

Mike Gallagher
Lt. Joel McKeen extinguishes a burning truck camper on John Jacobs Road in Port Angeles. Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Refrigerator thought to have sparked truck camper fire in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES –– Investigators believe a fire that ripped through an unoccupied truck camper and endangered a large garage in the 300 block of John… Continue reading

Lt. Joel McKeen extinguishes a burning truck camper on John Jacobs Road in Port Angeles. Clallam County Fire District No. 3

Sequim City Hall’s signature palm tree to be removed unless given new home

SEQUIM –– A tropical tree may be facing the end of its run in a North Olympic Peninsula city known for its sun and indigenous… Continue reading

UPDATED — Fire destroys truck camper in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES –– Investigation continues today on the cause of a fire that ripped through an unoccupied truck camper, endangering a large garage in the… Continue reading

Mental health evaluation ordered for accused double-murderer Michael Pierce

PORT TOWNSEND –– Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Sally Olsen has ordered a mental health evaluation to determine whether accused double-murderer Michael J. Pierce is… Continue reading

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Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley criticized amid several recent troubles

SEQUIM –– With the resignation of two trustees, closure of its Second Chance Consignment Shop, discontinuance of its annual Elegant Flea sale and mounting annual… Continue reading

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