Michael Dashiell

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Emily Matthiessen /Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara goes to the rim during a 2022-23 contest. Vaara won the Olympic League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors while guiding the Wolves to a league title.

GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Wolves eye league repeat

Chartraw a big boost

Emily Matthiessen /Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim's Jolene Vaara goes to the rim during a 2022-23 contest. Vaara won the Olympic League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors while guiding the Wolves to a league title.
Judy Willman, daughter of University of Washington rowing team member Joe Rantz, signs a movie poster for the movie “The Boys in the Boat,” a tribute to the team’s rise to winning a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Spotlight on ‘The Boys in the Boat’

Story with Sequim tie has advance screening

Judy Willman, daughter of University of Washington rowing team member Joe Rantz, signs a movie poster for the movie “The Boys in the Boat,” a tribute to the team’s rise to winning a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
State Rep. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles, left, speaks in support of Eric Pickens, D-Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Pickens to run for state position

Aims for seat held by Mike Chapman

State Rep. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles, left, speaks in support of Eric Pickens, D-Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sewer upgrades set at Sequim schools

Pumps to be replaced at elementary facilities

Isaac Smith, who lived his 12 years in Sequim, enjoyed Wednesday morning birdwalks at the Dungeness River Nature Center. After he died in a vehicle collision in 2010, his mother wanted to do something to honor him. A new partnership between Isaac’s family, the Dungeness River Nature Center and Wild Birds Unlimited has resulted in 14 new Vortex binoculars that are available for checkout at the river center. (Teresa Smith)

Donation gives 14 binoculars to Dungeness River Nature Center

Memorial is for 12-year-old boy

Isaac Smith, who lived his 12 years in Sequim, enjoyed Wednesday morning birdwalks at the Dungeness River Nature Center. After he died in a vehicle collision in 2010, his mother wanted to do something to honor him. A new partnership between Isaac’s family, the Dungeness River Nature Center and Wild Birds Unlimited has resulted in 14 new Vortex binoculars that are available for checkout at the river center. (Teresa Smith)
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Sequim revives its Christmas Chorus

Community performances set this weekend

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Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Carved bear added to Captain Joseph House grounds

Gold Star families can find respite at Port Angeles facility

Betsy Reed Schultz (far left), founder of Captain Joseph House, gets a look at a carved bear donated by Bret Wirta’s Black Bear Diner and Holiday Inn & Suites last week at the Port Angeles facility. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Acerbic magazine columnist Daria Chase (portrayed by Jamie Pauley) reveals that newly-married Simon Bright (Stephan Willms) has inherited a fortune in an early scene of “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays.” Looking on are host William Gillette (Joel Hoffman) and Bright’s new bride, Aggie Wheeler (Merrin Packer). (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

OTA thriller/farce channels Sherlock Holmes for production that runs Dec. 1-18

tickets on sale now

Acerbic magazine columnist Daria Chase (portrayed by Jamie Pauley) reveals that newly-married Simon Bright (Stephan Willms) has inherited a fortune in an early scene of “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays.” Looking on are host William Gillette (Joel Hoffman) and Bright’s new bride, Aggie Wheeler (Merrin Packer). (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Butler, Downer, Rutter win Sequim council seats

Sequim City Council candidates Dan Butler, Kathy Downer and Harmony Rutter, all backed by the Sequim Good Governance League (SGGL), were on hand… Continue reading

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Incumbents fare well in Sequim School Board races

Incumbents in the race for the Sequim School Board — two of them Sequim Good Governance League-backed candidates — have significant leads after… Continue reading

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Brianne Lawson, treasurer with Peninsula Pre-3 Cooperative (with 16-month-old Charlie) and fellow board member Kelsey Wheeler accept a $4,150 grant from the Albert Haller Foundation. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Albert Haller Foundation awards $300K in Clallam County

Foundation has donated about $10 million since 1992

Brianne Lawson, treasurer with Peninsula Pre-3 Cooperative (with 16-month-old Charlie) and fellow board member Kelsey Wheeler accept a $4,150 grant from the Albert Haller Foundation. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Michael Dashiell / Olympic Peninsula News Group Kate Loveland enjoys exploring the Olympic Peninsula and capturing up-close images of the natural world.

Peninsula photographer, writer embraces later-in-life artistry

Slowing down allows for growth, she says

Michael Dashiell / Olympic Peninsula News Group Kate Loveland enjoys exploring the Olympic Peninsula and capturing up-close images of the natural world.
Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out North Mason 36-0. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Sequim High School Homecoming royalty

Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out… Continue reading

Sequim High School Homecoming Queen Taryn Johnson, left, receives a sash at Friday night’s football game while king Sage Younger looks on. Sequim shut out North Mason 36-0. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Joe Donisi, an engineer with the Clallam County Road Department, gives details on the four options of the lower Dungeness levee at a public meeting in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Dungeness levee options are presented

Commissioners taking public comments on variations until Tuesday

Joe Donisi, an engineer with the Clallam County Road Department, gives details on the four options of the lower Dungeness levee at a public meeting in Sequim. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Sequim Electronics, technician team up to support Serenity House

Secruity camera, equipment donations look to quell vandalism, theft

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Port Angeles' Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won the game 37-10, avenging last year's last-second win by the Wolves. For a game story, go to Page A6. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Rainshadow revenge for Port Angeles

Port Angeles’ Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won… Continue reading

Port Angeles' Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won the game 37-10, avenging last year's last-second win by the Wolves. For a game story, go to Page A6. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh (12) runs against Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke (14) in the Rainshadow Rumble game in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to win 37-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

RAINSHADOW RUMBLE: (Updated) Riders ride second half wave to beat Sequim

Port Angeles wins 37-10; Nickerson passes for 2 TDs, runs for another

Port Angeles' Kason Albaugh (12) runs against Sequim's Zeke Schmadeke (14) in the Rainshadow Rumble game in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to win 37-10. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Petitions developed by local citizens seek to keep the “new” Towne Road unpaved and open to hikers and walkers. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Public comment sought about Sequim’s Towne Road future

Meeting for residents scheduled for Tuesday

Petitions developed by local citizens seek to keep the “new” Towne Road unpaved and open to hikers and walkers. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Walk for the Poor on Saturday in Sequim

Sequim’s St. Vincent de Paul group sets fundraiser

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SSD cuts spending in district office

School board passes $48M budget