Harmony Rutter News Today

A tenured city councilor is Sequim’s mayor after newly-elected and re-elected councilors were sworn in at the first council meeting of 2024.

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

A major reconfiguration of Sequim elementary schools, a teen singing sensation heard ‘round the World (Series), the loss of Hurricane Ridge’s day lodge to fire, Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate, the story of local sports icon Joe Rantz finally hits the big screen, and the shocking loss of firefighter/coach Charles (“Chad”) Cate were some of the news stories that made headlines in 2023.

Mayor, deputy mayor to be voted on Jan. 8

It is widely believed that the poinsettia (scientific name: Euphorbia pulcherrima) was brought to the United States from Mexico in the late 1820s by its namesake, Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first ambassador to Mexico — or, perhaps, his associates.

Sequim Good Governance League-backed candidates in Sequim City Council and Sequim School Board races appear to be well on their way to big wins in the 2023 General Election.

Other contested races remain unchanged

SEQUIM, Washington - I was late for the Election Night Party at a Sequim motel, and as I walked toward the big meeting room cheers erupted inside. When I walked in, everyone was jumping up and down, still cheering.

SEQUIM — Sequim City Council candidates Dan Butler, Kathy Downer and Harmony Rutter, all backed by the Sequim Good Governance League (SGGL), were on hand Tuesday evening at SGGL’s election night party in the Holiday Inn Express celebrating a tentative sweep in their races.

SEQUIM, Washington - I was late for the Election Night Party at a Sequim motel, and as I walked toward the big meeting room cheers erupted inside. When I walked in, everyone was jumping up and down, still cheering.