Joe Smillie

The Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk makes a stop in Sequim for breakfast Tuesday in a field north of the Holiday Inn Express on East Washington Street. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim elk on the move, may cross U.S. 101

SEQUIM –– The Sequim-Dungeness elk herd is on the move again and may meander across U.S. Highway 101 this morning. The herd of 26 cows… Continue reading

The Dungeness herd of Roosevelt elk makes a stop in Sequim for breakfast Tuesday in a field north of the Holiday Inn Express on East Washington Street. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

E. coli found in product at Dungeness Valley Creamery

SEQUIM –– The state Department of Agriculture issued a warning Tuesday afternoon to those who have bought Dungeness Valley Creamery’s raw Jersey whole milk, raw… Continue reading

Kevin Kennedy is a longtime resident and has helped run the Irrigation Festival. "Sequim is a great place to live

Kevin Kennedy named Sequim’s Citizen of the Year

SEQUIM –– Irrigation Festival volunteer Kevin Kennedy was named Sequim's Citizen of the Year at the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's annual awards luncheon Tuesday. “Sequim… Continue reading

Kevin Kennedy is a longtime resident and has helped run the Irrigation Festival. "Sequim is a great place to live
A photo of Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is held by his dad

Runaway teen returns to Sequim, admits fabricating story

SEQUIM –– Runaway Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is now home, and much of his tale is false, police said. The 15-year-old who ran away Thursday and… Continue reading

A photo of Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is held by his dad

Sequim hires design firm for City Hall, Police Department

SEQUIM — The City Council has voted unanimously to approve a $180,000 contract with Optimum Building Consultants of Bellevue to manage the design and construction… Continue reading

Braydon Metzger

Students power up model barges in engineering challenge

SEQUIM –– Braydon Metzger spent nearly a minute standing beside a water channel inside the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the… Continue reading

Braydon Metzger
Kevin Kennedy is a longtime resident and has helped run the Irrigation Festival. "Sequim is a great place to live

Kevin Kennedy named Sequim’s Citizen of the Year

SEQUIM –– Irrigation Festival volunteer Kevin Kennedy was named Sequim's Citizen of the Year at the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce's annual awards luncheon Tuesday. “Sequim… Continue reading

Kevin Kennedy is a longtime resident and has helped run the Irrigation Festival. "Sequim is a great place to live
A photo of Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is held by his dad

Runaway teen returns to Sequim, admits fabricating story

SEQUIM –– Runaway Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is now home, and much of his tale is false, police said. The 15-year-old who ran away Thursday and… Continue reading

A photo of Jonathon Chrysler Jr. is held by his dad

E. coli found in product at Dungeness Valley Creamery

SEQUIM –– The state Department of Agriculture issued a warning Tuesday afternoon to those who have bought Dungeness Valley Creamery’s raw Jersey whole milk, raw… Continue reading

KSQM personality Dorothy Zapata

Fifth-grade students tell Sequim’s tales on KSQM

SEQUIM –– The swinging sounds of the Jazz Age are being piped out to listeners of KSQM 91.5 FM this week thanks to a group… Continue reading

KSQM personality Dorothy Zapata
Jonathon Chrysler

Sequim runaway says he’s with two he met on website

SEQUIM — Fifteen-year-old Jonathon Chrysler Jr. ran away from his home in the 1 a.m. darkness of last Thursday, Feb. 21. In a phone call… Continue reading

Jonathon Chrysler
Jonathon Chrysler

Sequim runaway says he’s with two he met on website

SEQUIM — Fifteen-year-old Jonathon Chrysler Jr. ran away from his home in the 1 a.m. darkness of last Thursday, Feb. 21. In a phone call… Continue reading

Jonathon Chrysler

Dog recovering after $10,000 in scans, surgery

PORT ANGELES — Max the dog, whose family threw a concert earlier this month to raise funds for the dog’s surgery, is recovering in a… Continue reading

Rick Gross of Estes Builders stands at the construction site of a home on Old Town Road in Dungeness. The home is the first to have a building permit issued under the Dungeness River water rule

First permit issued under Dungeness water rule

SEQUIM –– Estes Builders began building a home at Dungeness last week, the first under a state-imposed water rule to control flows in the Dungeness… Continue reading

Rick Gross of Estes Builders stands at the construction site of a home on Old Town Road in Dungeness. The home is the first to have a building permit issued under the Dungeness River water rule
Donald Wright of Sequim points to agarage recently built by his neighbor which now obscures Wright's backyard view of the Olympic Mountains. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim panel urges garage height restrictions

SEQUIM –– The city's Planning Commission has endorsed new limits on the size of garages after more than two dozen citizens spoke about increasingly large… Continue reading

Donald Wright of Sequim points to agarage recently built by his neighbor which now obscures Wright's backyard view of the Olympic Mountains. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

3 tabbed for Sequim Citizen honor

SEQUIM –– A dedicated school volunteer, the founder of the city’s annual logging show and a Saint Nick impersonator are up for the honor of… Continue reading

Dave and Tanya Rose are opening Nourish at the historic Bell House in Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Restaurant to open in historic Sequim setting

SEQUIM –– From their new home in the historic Bell House at the base of the aptly-named Bell Hill, Tanya and Dave Rose have a… Continue reading

Dave and Tanya Rose are opening Nourish at the historic Bell House in Sequim. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Ken and Kathleen Burrer's garage on Fir Street in Sequim prompted city leaders to look into the need for new regulations. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News

Tall Sequim garages on city agenda today

SEQUIM –– City leaders are considering new rules to limit the sizes of garages that can now be built twice as tall and five times… Continue reading

Ken and Kathleen Burrer's garage on Fir Street in Sequim prompted city leaders to look into the need for new regulations. Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
Kate Powers

PENINSULA PROFILE: The musician and her apprentice

SEQUIM –– Like so many kung fu movies, the history of student-teacher relationships is littered with times when apprentice and master compete on the same… Continue reading

Kate Powers
A hot-air balloon floats over canopied farm fields in the Dungeness Valley in August as part of the Sequim Balloon Festival. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Sequim Balloon Festival canceled for this year

SEQUIM –– After declaring last September that a second balloon festival was “certain,” festival director Randall Tomaras has decided to cancel the 2013 version, which… Continue reading

A hot-air balloon floats over canopied farm fields in the Dungeness Valley in August as part of the Sequim Balloon Festival. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News