Joe Smillie

Judge rules Port Townsend juror in first Pierce murder retrial can become witness in second

PORT ORCHARD –– The ex-juror whose recollection of possibly seeing Michael J. Pierce the night he is alleged to have killed a Quilcene couple will… Continue reading

Sequim City Council to mull zoning, other marijuana issues at tonight’s meeting

SEQUIM –– The City Council will consider new regulations on how it plans to zone for recreational marijuana when it meets tonight. The Sequim Planning… Continue reading

Steve Markwell departs the Clallam County Courthouse on Friday following a Superior Court hearing.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

‘Which California?’ Former dog shelter owner back on Peninsula to answer court cases

PORT ANGELES –– Two months to the day after fleeing Clallam County with a semi-truck full of 124 dogs, Steve Markwell, former director of the… Continue reading

Steve Markwell departs the Clallam County Courthouse on Friday following a Superior Court hearing.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim readies pick for Citizen of the Year award

SEQUIM –– A dedicated school volunteer, an organizer of Sequim’s centennial celebration and a longtime Dungeness Valley farmer and advocate for water conservancy are finalists… Continue reading

Steve Markwell departs the Clallam County Courthouse on Friday following a Superior Court hearing.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — ‘Which California?’ Former dog shelter owner back on Peninsula to answer court cases

PORT ANGELES –– Two months to the day after fleeing Clallam County with a semi-truck full of 124 dogs, Steve Markwell, former director of the… Continue reading

Steve Markwell departs the Clallam County Courthouse on Friday following a Superior Court hearing.  —Photo by Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Steve Markwell

Former Forks animal sanctuary owner back in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES –– Two months to the day after leaving Clallam County on a “desperate flight” with a semi carrying 124 dogs, Steve Markwell, former… Continue reading

Steve Markwell

Bill would allow Olympic Medical Center greater Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements

PORT ANGELES –– Olympic Medical Center officials are lobbying state representatives to pass a bill that would allow the uniquely classified hospital to be reimbursed… Continue reading

Steve Markwell

BREAKING: Former Forks animal sanctuary owner back in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES –– Two months to the day after leaving Clallam County on a “desperate flight” with a semi carrying 124 dogs, Steve Markwell, former… Continue reading

Steve Markwell

Bill would allow Olympic Medical Center greater Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements

PORT ANGELES –– Olympic Medical Center officials are lobbying state representatives to pass a bill that would allow the uniquely classified hospital to be reimbursed… Continue reading

Bill would allow Olympic Medical Center greater Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements

PORT ANGELES –– Olympic Medical Center officials are lobbying state representatives to pass a bill that would allow the uniquely classified hospital to be reimbursed… Continue reading

Mick Dodge

Mountain man Mick Dodge loves the wild but isn’t a ‘wild man’ (CORRECTED)

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected to read that Monty and Marlene Davis of Sequim are owners of 2374 Rain Forest Road in the… Continue reading

Mick Dodge
Long-time worker Janet Littlefield shows off a hat in the Museum & Arts Center’s Second Chance Consignment Shop at 155 W. Cedar St. The hat and everything else in the store will be on sale for $1 for the next week until the store closes for good Feb. 25. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Consignment shop at Sequim’s Museum & Arts Center to close; facility adding admission fee

SEQUIM –– Everything inside the Museum & Arts Center’s Second Chance Consignment Shop will be on sale for $1 until next Tuesday, when the shop… Continue reading

Long-time worker Janet Littlefield shows off a hat in the Museum & Arts Center’s Second Chance Consignment Shop at 155 W. Cedar St. The hat and everything else in the store will be on sale for $1 for the next week until the store closes for good Feb. 25. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
The engineer's conception of what the new road will look like at 3 Crabs at the north end of Dungeness.

$3.8 million project to provide face-lift for Dungeness’ 3 Crabs estuarine area

DUNGENESS –– Rerouting Sequim-Dungeness Way, removing a century of shoreline armoring and expanding wetland lagoons will soon be done under a plan to restore the… Continue reading

The engineer's conception of what the new road will look like at 3 Crabs at the north end of Dungeness.
Begun in 2006 but stalled by the real estate market’s collapse

Stalled Sequim subdivision sold for $2.7 million

SEQUIM –– Stalled since the 2007 collapse of the housing market, the Cedar Ridge housing development on Sequim’s east end may have a new hope.… Continue reading

Begun in 2006 but stalled by the real estate market’s collapse
Begun in 2006 but stalled by the real estate market’s collapse

Stalled Sequim subdivision sold for $2.7 million

SEQUIM –– Stalled since the 2007 collapse of the housing market, the Cedar Ridge housing development on Sequim’s east end may have a new hope.… Continue reading

Begun in 2006 but stalled by the real estate market’s collapse
Thor

Former Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs finding new homes across the country

GOLDEN VALLEY, ARIZ. –– From coast to coast, the 124 dogs of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary are finding new homes and lives as they are… Continue reading

Thor
Thor

Former Olympic Animal Sanctuary dogs finding new homes across the country

GOLDEN VALLEY, ARIZ. –– From coast to coast, the 124 dogs of the Olympic Animal Sanctuary are finding new homes and lives as they are… Continue reading

Thor

Consultant: Sending sewage for treatment in Sequim cheapest option for Carlsborg

PORT ANGELES –– Shipping sewage from Carlsborg to Sequim appears to be the cheapest solution for handling the community’s wastewater for both Clallam County and… Continue reading

Sequim School Board members sign a resolution at Tuesday night’s board meeting to put a construction bond measure on the April 22 ballot. From left are President John Bridge

Sequim School District puts bond measure on April ballot for $154 million in new, revamped buildings

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News SEQUIM –– Sequim School District voters will decide April 22 whether to build $154 million worth of new and… Continue reading

Sequim School Board members sign a resolution at Tuesday night’s board meeting to put a construction bond measure on the April 22 ballot. From left are President John Bridge

Sequim school bond measure to go on spring ballot

SEQUIM –– Sequim School District voters will decide April 22 whether or not to build $154 million worth of new and remodeled schools. On a… Continue reading