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District adding community paramedic

Program designed to help frequent 9-1-1 callers

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Sequim council enacts remote public comment procedure

Participants who want to speak remotely must sign in by 3 p.m. on meeting day

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Siena Vo, 2, of Da Nang, Vietnam roams through a lavender field at B & B Family Farm on Wednesday near Carlsborg.

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Lavender star of weekend fest

Plethora of activities set for annual event

Bernadette Shein helps answer quilt questions for visitors of the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s annual quilt show in 2023. This year, the event will move to Trinity United Methodist Church and expand to two days, Friday and Saturday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Quilt show gets new venue, expands to two-day event

Raffle quilts benefit club, scholarship fund

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Community chimes in for Sequim Comprehensive Plan

Survey online, more events to come

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Sequim noise ordinance goes into effect

City had been operating without code for 10-plus years

For the third Sequim Pride event, Michael Lowe, its founder, will serve as its grand marshal starting at noon Saturday at the Sequim Civic Center Plaza, 152 W. Cedar St. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim Pride returns for third year Saturday

Michael Lowe details experiences of coming out and acceptance

Children can receive free lunches on weekdays throughout the summer at multiple locations across Sequim and Port Angeles. Carrie Blake Community Park in Sequim is one of 14 locations between the two cities offering meals through late August. (Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula)

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Free summer meal program for children to begin in Sequim, Port Angeles

Free meals for children 18 and younger will be available Monday though Friday this summer at seven locations…

Firefighters rappelled down bluffs north of Sequim overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca to help a woman who was hurt while looking for her dog that fell. (John McKenzie)

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Firefighters use technical rescue to help woman

SEQUIM — Rescue crews performed a technical rescue down the bluffs and along the shoreline west of Sequim…

Keith Ross’ “The Rescue of Eddie & Elliott — A Bald Eaglet Adventure” recently won best “Gift” book and was a finalist in the “Children’s/Juvenile (non-fiction)” categories through the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group’s 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. (Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame of Mind)

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Eagle rescue book wins indie publishing award

Sequim author-photographer looks to wider distribution

Sequim city council members approved a $2.45 million purchase of 16.52 acres off West Hendrickson Road to be used for a future park. It remains closed to the public as it’s being leased for agricultural use until plans and funding can be put in place for the future park. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim purchases 16 acres for park

City negotiated with McCord family for 2 years

For her “Oceans” music video, Jennifer Thomas, her husband Will and son Preston set up a grand piano and light display at Bullman Beach in Sekiu. (Jennifer Thomas)

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‘Oceans’ provides escape for Sequim composer

New album produced with orchestra at Abbey Road Studios

Joseph Molotsky of Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue, left, holds an eagle that Annie Espinoza, center, rescued with her friend Kate Burks last month near McDonald Creek. Her uncle, Daniel McMurray, right, drove her to the rescue center the next morning so the bird could be treated. It continues to be treated for a possible hip and/or spinal injury. (Dungeness Bay Wild Bird Rescue)

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Teens help save eagle near McDonald Creek

Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue continuing care for injured bird

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Attempted murder trial pushed to November

Sequim man allegedly shot at neighbor in 2022

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Clallam fire district eyeing two levies

Funds would support services, Carlsborg station

Jake Vanderwaal, a maintenance worker with the city of Sequim, places a flower basket on May 22 in downtown Sequim. Program organizers plan to have the baskets out until mid-October. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim hoists flower baskets in annual program

City maintenance crews install bins through mid-October

Helen and Greg Starr, executors of James Minsky’s estate, cut the ribbon for LtCol James Minsky Place on May 17 with Cheri Tinker, executive director of Sarge’s Veteran Support, right, and Sarge’s board president Lorri Gilchrist, and city council members Harmony Rutter and Rachel Anderson. The facility will permanently house six disabled and/or elderly veterans in Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Minsky Place opens to support elderly, disabled veterans

Sarge’s Veteran Support seeks five veterans for permanent housing

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Piping plan could be reinstated

Votes reaffirm Sequim board members

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Sequim police propose updated noise control ordinance

Public hearing set June 10 at civic center

This year's Rhododendron Festival queen Paige Govia and princess Rosie Schmucker wave to the Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade crowd on May 11. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Irrigation Festival names its Grand Parade winners

SEQUIM — Sequim Irrigation Festival organizers announced the winners of the Grand Parade for the 129th year of…