Joe Smillie

Sequim schools OK funds for action plan

SEQUIM –– Sequim School District directors have unanimously approved a $79,980 contract with Tacoma-based BLRB Architects to study whether the district needs to ask voters… Continue reading

Jamestown native Elaine Grinnell has been named as Grand Marshal for the 2013 Irrigation Festival. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Irrigation Festival to kick off with dinner Saturday

SEQUIM –– Festivities for the Irrigation Festival, the oldest in the state now at 118 years, begins in earnest with the Kick-Off Dinner at 7… Continue reading

Jamestown native Elaine Grinnell has been named as Grand Marshal for the 2013 Irrigation Festival. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Taylor McDonald

Sequim aquatic center director resigns after two years at helm

SEQUIM — After almost two years at the helm of the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, Director Taylor McDonald announced her resignation to the SARC board… Continue reading

Taylor McDonald
Sequim Soroptimists Susan Smith

WEEKEND: Soroptimist Gala Garden to bloom in Sequim this weekend

SEQUIM –– Sharing in the celebration of Ireland's patron Saint Patrick this weekend will be hundreds of green thumbs looking over the spring offerings of… Continue reading

Sequim Soroptimists Susan Smith
Susan Adams

Disagreement between Clallam County, state holds up water certificates

SEQUIM –– More than two months after the Dungeness Water Rule was implemented, builders still cannot acquire mitigation certificates required by the rule and are… Continue reading

Susan Adams
Swimmers hit one of the pools at SARC

Look what’s turning 25: SARC to celebrate anniversary with Sequim pool party

SEQUIM –– To thank the century-old community for a quarter-century of support, the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center is throwing a pool party Sunday to celebrate… Continue reading

Swimmers hit one of the pools at SARC
Newlyweds Janeane and Charles Darland in front of the old locust tree in Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Chains keep Sequim black locust standing tall

SEQUIM –– For perhaps 86 years of the century of Sequim's existence, a black locust tree has stood at 154 W. Alder St., even if… Continue reading

Newlyweds Janeane and Charles Darland in front of the old locust tree in Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Betsy Reed Schultz holds the picture she carries in her wallet of her son

Groundbreaking planned for Port Angeles bed-and-breakfast-turned haven

SEQUIM –– This Memorial Day weekend, two years after her son was killed in Afghanistan during his fourth tour of duty, Betsy Reed Schultz plans… Continue reading

Betsy Reed Schultz holds the picture she carries in her wallet of her son
The City of Sequim has bought the former Gull service station property for $215

Sequim buys downtown lot; no plans for it as yet

SEQUIM –– With an eye toward improving the city's main downtown intersection, the City Council has approved a $215,000 purchase of the former Gull service… Continue reading

The City of Sequim has bought the former Gull service station property for $215
Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Firefighter Troy Tennesson cuts open a door to a burning unit at Sequim Stow Places on Wednesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Heater blamed for blaze at Sequim storage unit

SEQUIM — A fire that gutted a storage unit Wednesday was caused by furniture having been placed too close to a space heater, investigators said… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Firefighter Troy Tennesson cuts open a door to a burning unit at Sequim Stow Places on Wednesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Volunteer Andrew Van Auken pulls up weeds in preparation for planting season at the Fir Street community garden plot

Sequim gardens need a few green thumbs

SEQUIM –– The Community Organic Gardens of Sequim has put out the call for all green thumbs who want to plunge their fingers into rich… Continue reading

Volunteer Andrew Van Auken pulls up weeds in preparation for planting season at the Fir Street community garden plot
Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Firefighter Troy Tennesson cuts open a door to a burning unit at Sequim Stow Places on Wednesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATED — Heater blamed for blaze at Sequim storage unit

SEQUIM — A fire that gutted a storage unit Wednesday was caused by furniture having been placed too close to a space heater, investigators said… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 Firefighter Troy Tennesson cuts open a door to a burning unit at Sequim Stow Places on Wednesday. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Firefighters cut open the storage unit's aluminum front door. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Fire destroys storage unit in Sequim

SEQUIM – Fire gutted a storage unit filled with furniture in the Sequim Stow Place, 741 N. Sequim Ave., on Wednesday. Cause of the blaze… Continue reading

Firefighters cut open the storage unit's aluminum front door. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Dave Kamin

Sequim wastewater reuse plan gains foothold as diggers prep

SEQUIM –– Workers from Kamin Excavation of Shelton have erected a silt fence around the northwest corner of the Water Reuse Demonstration Site north of… Continue reading

Dave Kamin
Firefighters cut open the storage unit's aluminum front door. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Fire destroys storage unit in Sequim

SEQUIM – Fire gutted a storage unit filled with furniture in the Sequim Stow Place, 741 N. Sequim Ave., on Wednesday. Cause of the blaze… Continue reading

Firefighters cut open the storage unit's aluminum front door. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim setting stage for replacing old school buildings

SEQUIM –– With student space at maximum capacity and decades-old buildings falling short of security needs, the Sequim School District has begun to look at… Continue reading

City Hall thriftiness enough to keep Sequim in black

SEQUIM –– Despite declining revenues, the city reduced expenses to end 2012 with a $275,000 surplus to bump its general fund reserve account to $1.755… Continue reading

Decision on big box store in Sequim delayed

SEQUIM –– A decision on whether plans will be submitted for a large retail store off U.S. Highway 101 at Sequim Avenue has been put… Continue reading

Robert Beebe

Olympic Game Farm gets a really wild listing

SEQUIM –– A pack of bear jerky, some buffalo niblets and deep-fried tiger tail? According to the recently issued 2013 version of The Local Pages… Continue reading

Robert Beebe

Fresh sample from Dungeness creamery shows no E. coli

SEQUIM –– A second sample of cream from Dungeness Valley Creamery showed no contamination of Escherichia coli bacteria, or E. coli, the state Department of… Continue reading