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Sequim council delays support

Tribe asks for letter for potential transfer

Clallam County Fire District 3 fire commissioners continue to seek options to fund new stations, such as for Carlsborg Station 33, which firefighters say is too small and in poor condition. Commissioners voted down performing a community survey on a potential bond because they felt it was too costly and would conflict with a potential Emergency Medical Services levy lid lift in the coming years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim fire commissioners pause bond survey discussion

Regional districts meeting for joint management strategies

Longtime Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club members, from left, Nancy Davis, Alicia Crawford and Joanne Thoma share a story during the club’s 40th anniversary party. They’re standing by the “Sunbonnet Sue Friendship Quilt” that was one of a handful of quilts on display. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sunbonnet Sue club celebrates 40th anniversary

Quilters’ annual show will return Aug. 7-8

If contract negotiations are completed, FORMA Construction, the general contractor/construction manager for Port Angeles’ Hurricane Ridge Middle School renovation, will tentatively work with Mahlum, a Seattle architecture firm, to renovate Sequim High School and replace five classroom buildings and connect and enclose existing structures. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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District in talks for bond projects

Negotiations ongoing for Sequim schools

Ron Baumgardner Sequim Wheelers volunteers provide Salish Coast Elementary School students from Port Townsend rides along the Olympic Discovery Trail last September. The nonprofit inclusive bike riding group offers rides from May through October, depending on weather.

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Riders, pilots wanted for adaptive e-bike program

Sequim Wheelers ready for season along the ODT

Madilyn Wright, Nora Summers and Jessie Robbins work together to plant a tree during a Helen Haller Elementary field trip to state trust land that supports school construction in Washington. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Third-graders plant trees on forest field trip

Students learn about environment, economy

State Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Port Townsend, said he made the decision not to run again this year prior to a diagnosis of Squamous cell carcinoma on his tongue last fall. “It was time for someone else,” he said. “Sixteen years is a good run.” (Washington House Democrats)

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State Rep. to retire at end of his term

Tharinger reflects on service after 16 years

Shoko Suskind, a volunteer for the Sequim-Shiso City Friendship Garden, pulls weeds from the shoreline. She is one of 10 volunteers who work from 9 a.m. to noon each Tuesday from late March to October to provide upkeep of the garden. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Friendship Garden symbolizes connection between sister cities

Sequim students and chaperones scheduled to visit Japan in 2027

Engineers with Fickett Structural Solutions inspect the Dungeness Railroad Bridge in late February. They determined the bridge is safe to use but will limit heavy loads. Tribal staff said a capital campaign has started to replace the bridge’s deteriorating truss. (Michael Dashiell/Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

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Funding needed to replace truss

Engineer’s estimate for fix is $3.1 million

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Richard Kaye of Sequim is the first patron to check out an item at the renovated Sequim Library. He’s helped by Amika Parr, a public service specialist. Kaye said he spotted the photography book “America the Abandoned” by Bryan Sansivero on the shelf as he walked in and checked it out within a few minutes of the library opening on March 21.

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Sequim library reopens to more than 1,000 visitors

Nearly 1,800 items checked out on first day of soft opening

Large red letters, such as the A for Alpha, help firefighters identify their locations during a live fire exercise. The two-story Gerhardt Park home was allowed to burn after training sessions all day on March 21. (Jay Cline)

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Fire district executes training inside home

Live fire exercises at a Sequim city park

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Trial is reset in two theft cases

Gold Rush owner pleaded not guilty to 40 charges

Former Sequim Food Bank Executive Director Andra Smith is wrapped in a blanket called “Agate Beach” donated by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. New Executive Director Jen Colmore read a note from food bank board director Loni Greninger that said the blanket symbolized the process of agates becoming beautiful rocks from pressure and friction. Smith has taken a new job as the executive director of the Washington Food Coalition. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim Food Bank celebrates its former, current directors

Andra Smith helped lead facility through pandemic, hardships

Danielle Lorentzen, who plays Cinderella, rehearses with Ethan Hoch as Prince Topher for Ghostlight Productions’ “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” set to run through Sunday at Sequim High School. The 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday will feature a special photo opportunity after the show with Lorentzen and the rest of the cast. Attendees are invited to dress up for the occasion in Cinderella-inspired clothing. (Ghostlight Productions)

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Ghostlight presents ‘Cinderella’ at Sequim High School

Practical effects, magical moments highlight family-friendly show

This home within Sequim’s Gerhardt Park will be used for live fire training starting at 8 a.m. Saturday. Residents are asked not to travel through the area as fire apparatuses will be along both sides of the 1600 block of South Third Avenue. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

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Sequim fire district set for controlled house fire burn

Training exercise slated for two-story building within a city park

The Sequim Library, at 630 N. Sequim Ave., will reopen Saturday for regular hours after it was closed for renovations and expansion. (North Olympic Library System)

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Sequim Library plans to reopen on Saturday

Two-year project adds about 10,000 square feet to footprint

Five Acre School’s Explorer class of fourth- through sixth-graders enjoy a field trip to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. School leaders have announced plans to restructure its leadership to have a dual director model with a development director focused on tasks such as fundraising and strategic planning, and a program director focused on school culture continuity, curriculum, mentoring teachers, programming and more. (Five Acre School)

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Sequim school has new structure

Development director hired for funding

Monica Berkseth/Olympic Peninsula News Group Volunteers for Soroptimist International of Sequim, from left, are Virginia Kostanich, Elaine Powlesland, Loree Conrad, Natasha Merkuloff-Nichols, Shirley Legg, Suzanne Plemmons, Becky Archer, Denise Bayer, Chris Snow and Susan Coffee. They celebrated the opening of a new space for the group’s Medical Loan Closet.

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Medical loan closet moves to new location

Volunteers say space is larger, more convenient

The Port Angeles Public Library is one of four branches operated by the North Olympic Library System. Staff report that if a levy lid lift is approved in April, it would help the library system keep existing hours, services and staffing levels. (North Olympic Library System)

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North Olympic Library System to ask for levy lid lift

Voters to decide in April election

All is calm with the first drinks served in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The show will run at Olympic Theatre Arts through March 15. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fans, family stage ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ at OTA

Show continues through March 15 at Sequim playhouse