Joe Smillie

amestown S'Klallam artists Bud Turner

Sequim gets wrapped in art: Displays to fete city heritage

SEQUIM –– Artists Bud Turner and Dusty Humphries from the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe last week wrapped a tribal-designed vinyl wrap around a traffic utility box… Continue reading

amestown S'Klallam artists Bud Turner

Woman jailed after break-in, wild chase and crash

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman was in custody in King County on Saturday after she allegedly tried to burglarize a home, led Jefferson… Continue reading

Talent show at the 2012 Esprit conference in Port Angeles. Esprit

Esprit transgender conference starts today in Port Angeles (With Video)

PORT ANGELES –– Participants will begin arriving today for Esprit, an annual gathering of members of transgender organizations from Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C.… Continue reading

Talent show at the 2012 Esprit conference in Port Angeles. Esprit
A wreck involving two cars and a semitrailer blocked U.S. Highway 101 for more than an hour at the Barr Road intersection Friday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Three injured in wreck of two cars, semitrailer on U.S. Highway 101

SEQUIM –– Medics treated three people for minor injuries after a wreck involving two cars and a semitrailer prompted the closure of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading

A wreck involving two cars and a semitrailer blocked U.S. Highway 101 for more than an hour at the Barr Road intersection Friday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Woman takes 150-foot fall in stolen car in Port Hadlock

PORT HADLOCK –– A screaming woman who plummeted down a 150-foot hill in a stolen SUV after the man in the driver’s seat jumped from… Continue reading

Dave Bekkevar

Logs of fun planned at Sequim irrigation celebration

SEQUIM –– In 1988, longtime friends Dave Bekkevar and Kevin Kennedy decided to have some of their friends compete to test their logging skills. They… Continue reading

Dave Bekkevar
Don Trussell fires up his souped-up lawnmower for the races set for Saturday at the Logging Show

Lawnmowers to hit the race track at Sequim fest

SEQUIM –– This ain't your neighbor's Craftsman. “If you did this to your neighbor's Craftsman, you'd probably have to find new neighbors,” said Don Trussell,… Continue reading

Don Trussell fires up his souped-up lawnmower for the races set for Saturday at the Logging Show
Trevor Reeves

Feting Sequim’s past and present at Irrigation Festival’s wrap-up

SEQUIM –– Carnival rides, parade candy and sawdust will fill the air during the culminating weekend of the 118th Sequim Irrigation Festival today through Sunday.… Continue reading

Trevor Reeves
Don Trussell fires up his souped-up lawnmower for the races set for Saturday at the Logging Show

Lawnmowers to hit the race track at Sequim fest

SEQUIM –– This ain't your neighbor's Craftsman. “If you did this to your neighbor's Craftsman, you'd probably have to find new neighbors,” said Don Trussell,… Continue reading

Don Trussell fires up his souped-up lawnmower for the races set for Saturday at the Logging Show
Dave Bekkevar

Logs of fun planned at Sequim irrigation celebration

SEQUIM –– In 1988, longtime friends Dave Bekkevar and Kevin Kennedy decided to have some of their friends compete to test their logging skills. They… Continue reading

Dave Bekkevar
Matt Dryke

Ecology taking comments on gun-range cleanup plan

SEQUIM –– Sunnydell Shooting Grounds has produced world championship shooters and, according to the state Department of Ecology, lead and chemical contaminants. The state is… Continue reading

Matt Dryke
Ted Miller

Sequim official seeks second term on City Council

SEQUIM –– City Councilman Ted Miller announced Tuesday he will seek re-election to a second term. Miller, 67, a retired CIA analyst and attorney, was… Continue reading

Ted Miller
The Dungeness herd was seen last week in a farm field in Sequim north of the highway. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim elk herd crosses Highway 101, now in foothills

SEQUIM –– Sequim's Roosevelt elk have crossed U.S. Highway 101 and are now roaming the foothills of the Olympic Mountains in the Happy Valley area.… Continue reading

The Dungeness herd was seen last week in a farm field in Sequim north of the highway. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Misty Pharr of Olympian Canna in Port Angeles displays a jar of medical marijuana available to clients.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Medical marijuana providers leery of jumping into recreational market

The specter of taxes, fees and regulations appears to be discouraging North Olympic Peninsula suppliers of medical marijuana from considering entering the recreational pot market.… Continue reading

Misty Pharr of Olympian Canna in Port Angeles displays a jar of medical marijuana available to clients.  -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Sue Waldrip grabs a sample from Meadowbrook Creek while fellow Streamkeepers Lori DeLorm

Streamkeepers back to monitoring near Dungeness Bay

SEQUIM –– Clallam County's volunteer Streamkeepers team has resurrected its monitoring of the Dungeness River and streams that feed the Dungeness Bay in an effort… Continue reading

Sue Waldrip grabs a sample from Meadowbrook Creek while fellow Streamkeepers Lori DeLorm

Expert: Keep eye out for elk along U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim

SEQUIM –– Drivers along U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim were advised Wednesday to continue to keep an eye out for the city’s signature elk… Continue reading

Sequim elk herd on the move again

SEQUIM –– The city’s famed elk herd may be heading out of town for a while. After spending the winter feasting on the lush farm… Continue reading

Chef Steve Little's dish

Salmon recipe earns Sequim chef recognition

SEQUIM –– The Cedar Plank Salmon created by Chef Steve Little at the Dockside Grill at John Wayne Marina was named earlier this month as… Continue reading

Chef Steve Little's dish
E. Michael McAleer

Spring real estate blooming? Housing sales spurt in Sequim, Port Townsend drive values as Peninsula tries to shake off slump

Go on and call it a comeback. After suffering through years of slumping home prices, an early 2013 real-estate buying binge centered in Sequim looks… Continue reading

E. Michael McAleer

Sequim City Council hears analysis of IT staff

SEQUIM –– In an effort to patch the city’s “duct tape and bailing wire” computer system, City Manager Steve Burkett told the City Council he… Continue reading