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Eighth-graders Saydey Cronin and Madelyn Bower stand by a gazebo they and 58 other students helped to build through their Sequim Middle School Core Plus Instruction industrial arts class. The friends were two of a handful of girls to participate in the building classes. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Middle school students build gazebo for academy

Businesses support project with supplies, flooring and tools

 

Frank Lowenstein was hired as the Dungeness River Nature Center’s executive director in September 2024. (Frank Lowenstein)

River center director dismissed

Board is looking for candidate to fill role

 

Trial date set for August in Sequim hit-and-run collision

Lawyers expect case will be extended due to amount of discovery

 

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Rite Aid will close June 26 after its parent company announced its second filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early May. Pharmacy accounts will be transferred to Sequim’s QFC. The Port Angeles store at 621 S. Lincoln St. will also close, but a date has not been set.

Rite Aid stores are set to close

QFC to take on Sequim pharmacy accounts

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Rite Aid will close June 26 after its parent company announced its second filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early May. Pharmacy accounts will be transferred to Sequim’s QFC. The Port Angeles store at 621 S. Lincoln St. will also close, but a date has not been set.

Sequim Habitat project goes before hearing examiner

Decision expected soon on homes

Known for specializing in Japanese vinyl pressings, Vinny Robbins, Bremerton store owner of Beats N’ Cats Records, will return to the Sequim Record Show on Saturday as one of 25-plus vendors. He said Sequim seems to like heavy metal, hip-hop and jazz albums. (Vinny Robbins)

Sequim Record Show set for this weekend

Sale slated Saturday at Guy Cole Event Center

Known for specializing in Japanese vinyl pressings, Vinny Robbins, Bremerton store owner of Beats N’ Cats Records, will return to the Sequim Record Show on Saturday as one of 25-plus vendors. He said Sequim seems to like heavy metal, hip-hop and jazz albums. (Vinny Robbins)
Nash Huber greets visitors during a benefit concert and dinner on May 17 in the Sequim Prairie Grange that raised funds for his medical and legal expenses. He faces eviction from Delta Farm, a Dungeness farm he helped preserve in exchange to lease it through 2032. However, Washington Farmland Trust reports that Huber continues to have violations going against his lease agreement. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Longtime farmer faces eviction

WA Farmland Trust staff say lease violations persist

Nash Huber greets visitors during a benefit concert and dinner on May 17 in the Sequim Prairie Grange that raised funds for his medical and legal expenses. He faces eviction from Delta Farm, a Dungeness farm he helped preserve in exchange to lease it through 2032. However, Washington Farmland Trust reports that Huber continues to have violations going against his lease agreement. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim Sunrise Rotarians, from left, President Bill Benedict and members Ann Flack and Charlie Johnson stand in the storage unit as they ready for Memorial Day distribution. The club’s Flag Subscription Program has more than 600 American flags that are placed across Sequim with funds going to local and international groups and projects and high school scholarships. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Rotary flag program honors service members

Subscription service raises money for service groups, scholarships

Sequim Sunrise Rotarians, from left, President Bill Benedict and members Ann Flack and Charlie Johnson stand in the storage unit as they ready for Memorial Day distribution. The club’s Flag Subscription Program has more than 600 American flags that are placed across Sequim with funds going to local and international groups and projects and high school scholarships. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Dale Allen Jaff, 57, of Port Hadlock sits for his arraignment hearing on May 16 in Clallam County Superior Court. His appointed defense attorney, Alex Stalker, pleaded not guilty for Jaff to felony charges for robbing Sequim’s Kitsap Bank on April 9. (Clallam County Superior Court)

Sequim robbery trial set for July

Documents reveal details of April 9 incident

Dale Allen Jaff, 57, of Port Hadlock sits for his arraignment hearing on May 16 in Clallam County Superior Court. His appointed defense attorney, Alex Stalker, pleaded not guilty for Jaff to felony charges for robbing Sequim’s Kitsap Bank on April 9. (Clallam County Superior Court)
A two-story house and multiple outbuildings at Gerhardt Park will go up for surplus auction through the city of Sequim in the coming weeks. The property was given to the city in exchange for water service by husband and wife Anton “Toni” and Rosa Gerhardt. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim to auction house, outbuildings in park

Open house events scheduled for this weekend

A two-story house and multiple outbuildings at Gerhardt Park will go up for surplus auction through the city of Sequim in the coming weeks. The property was given to the city in exchange for water service by husband and wife Anton “Toni” and Rosa Gerhardt. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Ty Coone, 21, was an avid fisherman, family and friends said. Family members will hold a memorial service at 1 p.m. May 31 at Sequim Community Church and a Celebration of Life at 7 p.m. June 14 at the big barn at 702 Kitchen-Dick Road in Sequim. (Michele Scott Duncan)

Memorial scheduled for missing kayaker

Ty Coone remembered as someone who loved everyone

Ty Coone, 21, was an avid fisherman, family and friends said. Family members will hold a memorial service at 1 p.m. May 31 at Sequim Community Church and a Celebration of Life at 7 p.m. June 14 at the big barn at 702 Kitchen-Dick Road in Sequim. (Michele Scott Duncan)
State lawmakers have delayed full funding for the Simdars Road Interchange to at least 2031 as the state faces a budget shortfall for the next four years and other transportation projects have a higher priority. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim corridor project delayed

Budget shortfall, priorities lead to decision

State lawmakers have delayed full funding for the Simdars Road Interchange to at least 2031 as the state faces a budget shortfall for the next four years and other transportation projects have a higher priority. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
Moses McDonald, a Sequim water operator, holds one of the city’s new utility residential meters in his right hand and a radio transmitter in his left. City staff finished replacing more than 3,000 meters so they can be read remotely. (City of Sequim)

Sequim shifts to remote utility meters

Installation for devices began last August

Moses McDonald, a Sequim water operator, holds one of the city’s new utility residential meters in his right hand and a radio transmitter in his left. City staff finished replacing more than 3,000 meters so they can be read remotely. (City of Sequim)
A family of eagles sits in a tree just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Following concerns over impacts to the eagles and nearby Garry oak trees, city staff will move Sequim’s Fourth of July fireworks display to the other side of Carrie Blake Community Park. Staff said the show will be discharged more than half a mile away. (City of Sequim)

Sequim to move fireworks display

Show will remain in Carrie Blake Park

A family of eagles sits in a tree just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Following concerns over impacts to the eagles and nearby Garry oak trees, city staff will move Sequim’s Fourth of July fireworks display to the other side of Carrie Blake Community Park. Staff said the show will be discharged more than half a mile away. (City of Sequim)
Sequim High School’s cheerleaders wave to the crowd at last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. Organizers said at least 110 entries will return for Saturday’s event, which is set to begin at noon. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Grand Finale set for festival’s 130th year

Parade, car show, operetta set through weekend

Sequim High School’s cheerleaders wave to the crowd at last year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. Organizers said at least 110 entries will return for Saturday’s event, which is set to begin at noon. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Bob Clark and Mabel Sorensen, two of the four surviving members of Sequim High School’s class of 1947, met for lunch last month. It was also Sorensen’s 96th birthday.

Two Sequim High School graduates meet for 78th reunion

Luncheon brings together friends who enjoy living in small town

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Bob Clark and Mabel Sorensen, two of the four surviving members of Sequim High School’s class of 1947, met for lunch last month. It was also Sorensen’s 96th birthday.
Alefa Eserjosé/Sequim McDonald’s Sequim McDonald’s owner Alefa Eserjosé donated two hours of sales on April 23 to raise more than $5,200 to help the family of Colton Dufour pay for medical expenses after he was struck by vehicle on March 31.

Sequim police searching for hit-and-run, robbery suspects

Incidents remain ‘actively under investigation,’ deputy chief says

Alefa Eserjosé/Sequim McDonald’s Sequim McDonald’s owner Alefa Eserjosé donated two hours of sales on April 23 to raise more than $5,200 to help the family of Colton Dufour pay for medical expenses after he was struck by vehicle on March 31.
Sequim High School freshman Sebastian Greimes sits outside during a lunch break. He opposes a total ban on cell phones as he feels it could “be more harmful than helpful” as some students need to communicate with parents or their workplace. Sequim School District leaders plan to send out a survey in June asking families and school staffers their thoughts on cell phone usage in schools. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools to survey phone use

District to seek input on learning impact

Sequim High School freshman Sebastian Greimes sits outside during a lunch break. He opposes a total ban on cell phones as he feels it could “be more harmful than helpful” as some students need to communicate with parents or their workplace. Sequim School District leaders plan to send out a survey in June asking families and school staffers their thoughts on cell phone usage in schools. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Family Fun Day will bring back Strait Up Foam Fun, pictured in 2023, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Carrie Blake Community Park, along with laser tag and many other games.

Sequim Irrigation Festival turns 130 this weekend

Music, Kids Parade kick off entertainment offerings

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Family Fun Day will bring back Strait Up Foam Fun, pictured in 2023, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Carrie Blake Community Park, along with laser tag and many other games.
A public fireworks display at Carrie Blake Community Park on Independence Day, as pictured in 2022, will be discussed tonight at the Sequim City Council meeting. The discussion follows public requests to stop the display due to potential impact on wildlife and residents. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim council to hear analysis

Staff to discuss fireworks impacts

A public fireworks display at Carrie Blake Community Park on Independence Day, as pictured in 2022, will be discussed tonight at the Sequim City Council meeting. The discussion follows public requests to stop the display due to potential impact on wildlife and residents. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)