Joe Smillie

Jane Stewart

Sequim’s McComb Gardens nursery to close doors for good Monday

SEQUIM — For many, the idea of gardening in Sequim sounds like an ideal retirement. For Neal Burkhardt and Jane Stewart, however, the past 15… Continue reading

Jane Stewart
Michael J. Pierce

In Port Townsend, 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 if accused double-murderer Michael J. Pierce is… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce

Sequim school bond backers ask City Council for support

SEQUIM –– The City Council will discuss later this month a request made this week to pass a resolution supporting the Sequim School District’s $154… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce

BREAKING NEWS — 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 if accused double-murderer Michael J. Pierce is… Continue reading

Michael J. Pierce
Director John Lorentzen

Saturday event to benefit Sequim High School choir’s trip to Carnegie Hall

SEQUIM –– A taste of the Big Apple will be offered up Saturday, as backers of Sequim High School’s choir stage an Empire State-themed concert… Continue reading

Director John Lorentzen

Sequim school bond backers ask City Council for support

SEQUIM –– The City Council will discuss later this month a request made this week to pass a resolution supporting the Sequim School District’s $154… Continue reading

Sequim school bond backers ask City Council for support

SEQUIM –– The City Council will discuss later this month a request made this week to pass a resolution supporting the Sequim School District’s $154… Continue reading

Sequim City Council keeps pot moratorium, delays zoning decision

SEQUIM –– Citing fears of violating federal law, the City Council has decided to keep a moratorium on recreational marijuana shops in place and to… Continue reading

Sequim nixes noise ordinance proposal, repeals existing law

SEQUIM –– After hearing musicians’ worries that it would quell rehearsals, the City Council rejected a proposed new noise law and repealed its existing noise… Continue reading

Sequim City Council keeps pot moratorium, delays zoning decision

SEQUIM –– Citing fears of violating federal law, the City Council has decided to keep a moratorium on recreational marijuana shops in place and to… Continue reading

Clallam County stormwater management plan could be floated as early as next month

PORT ANGELES –– Clallam County planning officials will present to the public a 77-page plan for managing stormwater runoff as soon as next month. County… Continue reading

Clallam expecting ‘solid’ year in housing market despite dip; Jefferson sees increase in home sales

PORT ANGELES –– Though the influential Seattle housing market has dipped early in 2014, local real estate trackers have few fears a two-month drop will… Continue reading

Former Sequim planner brought back for special projects

SEQUIM –– Former planner Joe Irvin has been hired back on an interim basis to help guide the city through special planning projects. City Manager… Continue reading

Sequim City Council to hold hearing on new noise ordinance tonight

SEQUIM –– Residents and businesses in the city may soon have to watch exactly how much noise they are pumping out. A number of complaints… Continue reading

A decorated vinyl wrap adorns a utility box at the corner of Sequim Avenue and Washington Street in Sequim. The wrap was designed by Jamestown S’Klallam totem designer Dale Faustich and sponsored by the tribe. City officials are seeking design submissions and sponsorships to decorate more utility boxes. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim looks to expand utility box art program; designs, sponsors sought

SEQUIM –– After getting positive feedback about three utility boxes wrapped in vinyl art scenes depicting life in the Dungeness Valley, city officials are looking… Continue reading

A decorated vinyl wrap adorns a utility box at the corner of Sequim Avenue and Washington Street in Sequim. The wrap was designed by Jamestown S’Klallam totem designer Dale Faustich and sponsored by the tribe. City officials are seeking design submissions and sponsorships to decorate more utility boxes. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim bond backers: Schools need repairs

SEQUIM –– With less than a month before ballots for the Sequim School District’s $154,325,000 construction bond request are to be mailed to voters, backers… Continue reading

Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Judge finds Sequim woman not guilty of trespassing in bench trial on Olympic National Park shutdown ticket — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida found Sequim resident Leanne Potts not guilty of trespassing rather than dismissing the ticket.… Continue reading

Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Legend Liggons reads a book in the Sequim Library with classmates on a field trip from Bibity Bobity Child Care in 2013. With usage at the Sequim branch escalating

Board eyes Sequim Library expansion, bond

SEQUIM –– A decision on whether to spend an estimated $7 million to almost triple the size of the Sequim Library and to ask voters… Continue reading

Legend Liggons reads a book in the Sequim Library with classmates on a field trip from Bibity Bobity Child Care in 2013. With usage at the Sequim branch escalating
Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Judge finds Sequim woman not guilty of trespassing in bench trial on Olympic National Park shutdown ticket [CORRECTED]

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida found Sequim resident Leanne Potts not guilty of trespassing rather than dismissing the ticket.… Continue reading

Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Judge finds Sequim woman not guilty of trespassing in bench trial on Olympic National Park shutdown ticket [CORRECTED]

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected. Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida found Sequim resident Leanne Potts not guilty of trespassing rather than dismissing the ticket.… Continue reading

Sequim hiker Leanne Potts rips up the ticket she was written for hiking in Olympic National Park during the federal government's shutdown last October. Potts' $125 fine was dismissed by a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News