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Acting city clerk Heather Robley, right, swears in new city council member Nicole Hartman on Monday after she was appointed to fill former mayor Tom Ferrell’s seat. Hartman will serve through certification of the 2025 general election. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Hartman named to Sequim council

PUD staffer to serve in former mayor’s seat

Walter (Shaun Hughbanks) sings a familiar jingle with Haley (Steve Fisher) in “The Man with the Plastic Sandwich.” Hughbanks’ character encounters three life-changing individuals after losing his job of 20 years. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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New fortunes for ‘Man with the Plastic Sandwich’

Olympic Theatre Arts’ show kicks off three-week run

Clallam County Fire District 3 commissioners agreed on April 2 to seek a real estate market analysis for Lost Mountain Station 36 after multiple attempts to seek volunteers to keep the station open. They’ll consider selling it and using funds for emergency supplies in the area, and offsetting construction costs for a new Carlsborg fire station. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fire District to seek market analysis for station

Proceeds could help build new building in Carlsborg

John McKenzie. (Clallam County Fire District 3)

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Sequim to bring back fire, safety inspections

Routine visits out of rotation for almost a year

Charisse Deschenes, first hired by the city of Sequim in 2014, departed this week after 10 years in various roles, including most recently deputy city manager/community and economic development director. (City of Sequim)

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Deputy manager leaves Sequim

Community, economic development position open

The Blue Titans, from left, Ramsey O’Mera, Miles Angelovic, Winter Radcliffe, Rain Nelson and Mia Miano won the 2024 Battle of the Books on March 22. The fourth-graders represented Sequim’s Helen Haller Elementary School. (North Olympic Library System)

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Helen Haller Elementary team wins annual Battle of Books

SEQUIM — A team from Sequim came out on top of a tiebreaker to win the North Olympic…

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Seven candidates set for open Sequim City Council seat

Former mayor Ferrell resigned in March after being reelected

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Hoch Construction to build Sequim library expansion

$7.5M contract awarded to renovate 1983 building

Powell Jones

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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 & Justice

Trial postponed again for 2022 attempted murder case

Another evaluation sought for Luoma

Crime & Justice

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…