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Dungeness River Center director takes new land manager position with Jamestown Tribe

Sequim High graduate to work with Jamestown Tribe

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Lost Mountain fire station near Sequim could be sold

Second recruitment meeting renders no volunteers

Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Princess Ashlynn Northaven, Princess Kailah Blake, Princess Sophia Treece and Queen Ariya Goettling stand with their new float that they’ll ride on for 14 parades this year. It was shown to them for the first time on Saturday at 7 Cedars Casino. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Irrigation Festival royalty, crowd find fun in float

Annual kickoff dinner ushers in 129th year for event

Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters determine a course of action at a house fire Thursday to prevent flames going from the attic into the remainder of the home. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Garage fire displaces Sequim homeowners near Sunland

SEQUIM — Homeowners safely escaped a fire that spread from their garage and shop to parts of their…

As is tradition at the end of the Walk for Water, Interact Club members douse the president — this year Krista Charters — in Sequim’s original irrigation ditch by Sequim Middle School. Charters said carrying two large buckets of water 2 miles was harder than she thought it’d be. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Interact Club continues to ‘Walk for Water’

Fundraiser looks to build well for school in Ghana

Tom Ferrell was elected to the Sequim City Council in 2019 and reelected in 2023. He resigned from the position on March 11 and council members have opened up his seat to applicants through Friday. (City of Sequim)

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Applications for open Sequim City Council seat due Friday

Former Mayor Tom Ferrell resigned effective March 11

Crime

Trial postponed again for 2022 attempted murder case

Another evaluation sought for Luoma

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Sequim man receives 4-year sentence for arson, assault charges

SEQUIM — A Sequim man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a series of crimes…

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim Irrigation Festival organizers say they plan to extend Family Fun Days again to two days, May 4-5, and include free events, such as Strait Up Foam Fun in Carrie Blake Community Park. A schedule is to be determined, organizers said.

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Irrigation Festival’s carnival on hold for another year

Organizers extend free Family Fun Days another year

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Fire District seeks volunteers again before Lost Mountain station sale

Meeting set for Tuesday

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Teens hospitalized after Gardiner collision

SEQUIM — Sequim-area teens were hospitalized after an early morning collision with a tree on Feb. 29 in…

Mike Hill takes his oath of office on Friday from acting city clerk Heather Robley to become the City of Sequim’s new police chief. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Hill Sequim’s new police chief

SEQUIM — Surrounded by family, friends, colleagues and community members, Mike Hill last week officially stepped into the…

Matthew Nash/ Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim Police Chief Sheri Crain listens to a proclamation at the Feb. 26 Sequim city council meeting as her husband Pat smiles with pride in her during the ceremony. Next to Pat is Clallam County Sheriff Brian King and, to his right, Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith.

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Crain reflects on policing career

Retired chief sees city grow, adapt into a ‘jewel’

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Library will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday before it closes for expansion and renovation through spring 2025. Operations will move temporarily starting April 1 to the former Brian’s Sporting Goods space.

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Sequim Library to close temporarily for renovations

SEQUIM — The Sequim Library will close for three weeks Sunday after a last-day celebration on Friday.

Demolition continued last week by Jamestown Excavation at the former doctor’s office building at 103 W. Cedar St., adjacent to the Sequim Civic Center. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe leaders told city staff in October 2022 that they intend to turn the space into an art gallery/gift shop. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim office demolished

Demolition continued last week by Jamestown Excavation at the former doctor’s office building at 103 W. Cedar St.,…

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Life

Peninsula seniors walk runways in New York City

Captain-Crystal, Kidd participate in Fashion Week

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Mobile Healing Clinic to start in Clallam Bay on Monday

RV offers similar MAT services as Sequim facility

The City of Sequim hosts 13 manufactured home/mobile home parks with 596 existing units and 786 approved dwelling units. City staff continue to look into zoning options that could protect these sites from redevelopment to help protect affordable housing options in the city. (City of Sequim)

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Sequim extends its mobile home moratorium

City staff to work preserving manufactured housing option

Tom Ferrell.

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Former Sequim mayor announces resignation from council

Ferrell said work obligations overseas limit his time

After five years of investigations, Sequim police have sought additional help from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Investigation Unit through state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office to help solve the 2019 homicide of Valerie Claplanhoo, a Makah tribal member, pictured with her son Brandan. (Cindy Lee Claplanhoo)

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Sequim police working with state unit on Claplanhoo homicide

Task force focuses on cases involving indigenous people