Sequim News

A Port of Port Angeles employee will run against an incumbent port commissioner and a management consultant in the Aug.

Lee Whethem signed up this morning for the position now held by Max Mania. He joins Peter Ripley as the only two candidates to file so far.

Domino's Pizza in Sequim is partnering with the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center to raise funds that will be used to purchase monthly passes for youths from low-income homes.

Discount retailer Big Lots Stores Inc. is planning to open a store in Port Angeles this summer, six years after closing one in Sequim.

Police Chief Bill Dickinson on Monday defended the behavior of his officers outside a Washington Street nightspot after a video of the altercation went viral on the Internet.

Candidates: turn in your paperwork. Today marks the beginning of candidate filing week for the 2013 election season, when those intending to run in Clallam County must submit their declarations of candidacy.

Young people with an interest in aviation are invited to a Young Eagle Rally at Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday .

A wreck between two pickup trucks near the Hood Canal Bridge on Saturday resulted in the medical evacuation of a Sequim man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

HERE ARE PHOTOS from the Sequim Irrigation Festival's Grand Parade on Saturday .

Sequim Irrigation Festival schedule for Sunday : Davis Shows' Carnival runs on the Sequim High School green field from noon to 6 p.m. All-day armbands purchased at the carnival are $25. Sequim Arts' 37th juried show and sale will be at the MAC's - Sequim Museum & Arts Center's - Exhibit Building, 175 W. Cedar St., from noon to 3 p.m. For more ... (more)

Medics treated three people for minor injuries after a wreck involving two cars and a semitrailer prompted the closure of U.S. Highway 101 for about an hour and a half late last week.

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News PORT TOWNSEND - Every year, Steve Spencer dresses in women's clothes, persuades other men to do the same, and the result is that a few young people get money for college.

A Port Angeles man angry with his neighbors was arrested today after a rampage with a bulldozer-like logging machine that damaged four houses, numerous outbuildings, a pickup truck and a power pole, knocking out power to thousands of people.

These photos show the knocked-down power pole and homes that were damaged by a bulldozer Friday in Port Angeles.

Volunteers will be quacking up their efforts for the 24th annual Duck Derby today as tickets go on sale for the benefit Sunday, June 9. During the derby, some 30,000 rubber ducks will be dumped into the pond at Lincoln Park, which is in the area of 1500 W. Lauridsen Blvd., and 42 prizes worth more than a total of $25,000 will be up for grabs.

The Sequim School Board will not authorize charter schools in its district, at least for the foreseeable future, and the Port Townsend School Board will discuss the matter Monday.

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

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, a retired heavy-equipment operator and acclaimed Sequim lawnmower racer.

People from Clallam and Jefferson counties are expected to join a protest of "corporate personhood" Friday.

By Lee Horton Peninsula Daily News ANGLERS COULDN'T HAVE asked for a better halibut opener.