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The Strait Stamp Show on Saturday in the Guy Cole Event Center features free entry, free stamps for children, a penny table, door prizes and vendors.

Life

Sequim stamp show Saturday celebrates wide-variety of tastes

SEQUIM — As stamps circulate the world every day, local collectors look to bring some new and seasoned…

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Colonial soldiers shoot at the British in a skirmish reenactment during the Northwest Colonial Festival in 2021. It returns for four days today through Sunday with skirmishes and demonstrations at the George Washington Inn.

Life

Colonial Fest returns with expanded activities, offerings

Reenactors, demonstrations on tap

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Access from River Road to West Silberhorn Road was closed for several hours Monday after a cyclist died after being struck by a garbage truck.

News

Sequim man dies after he was hit by garbage truck

SEQUIM — A Sequim man has died after he was struck by a garbage truck, reported the Sequim…

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Haley Petty, 17, of Agnew earned reserve market champion with Roast the rabbit at the Clallam County Junior Livestock Auction on Saturday at the Sequim Prairie Grange. It was her fifth year selling animals at the auction.

Life

Animal prices heat up during warm youth auction

Livestock sales help students with projects, schooling

Photo courtesy of Dan James
Nearly 800 people rode in the Tour de Lavender this weekend in Sequim and Dungeness valleys, with the event expected to raise $20,000 to help main the Olympic Peninsula Trail.

Sports

CYCLING: Tour de Lavender returns to pre-pandemic levels

SEQUIM — Cyclists returned to pre-pandemic numbers for the Tour de Lavender on Saturday after a participant cap…

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Agnew Little Free Pantry volunteers greet Sarah Irish, a Molina Healthcare community engagement specialist, fifth from left, as she donates $2,000 for food from the agency. Some of the volunteers who work daily to restock the pantry, include, from left, Susan Harris, Dave Large, Florence and Michael Bucierka, Irish, Peggy and John Toppenberg, Dave Iezzi, and Ren Garypie. 

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News

Little Free Pantries see higher demand, costs

Donations help offset federal programming being reduced

Volunteers compile kits with housewares at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church for Ukrainian refugees now in Washington. (Photo courtesy of Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church)

News

Donations continue for Ukrainian refugees

Concert to raise funds to be held later this month

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News

EPA gives $50M to help tribes’ fish, shellfish habitat efforts

Funding doubled over five year span

News

Man airlifted after River Road rollover wreck

SEQUIM — A 21-year-old Port Angeles resident was in critical condition as of Tuesday morning following a rollover…

Crime

Murder case on hold for state hospital admission in November

Kenney must understand charges against him to proceed

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News

Sequim council OKs temporary electric scooters contract

Viability depends on neighboring cities’ approval, rep says

Michael Mangiameli, with Sebastian, 5, and Eleanora, 2, of Sequim enjoy a day at Jardin du Soliel Lavender Farm & Gift Shop on July 15. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Lavender fields forever

Michael Mangiameli with Sebastian, 5, and Eleanora, 2, of Sequim, enjoy a day at Jardin du Soliel Lavender…

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Entertainment

Sequim’s group quilt show returns outdoors

Cauffman to be featured at Pioneer park

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News

Sequim library fundraising kickoff anticipated this fall

Donations, naming opportunities approved to help offset costs

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News

Schedule of Lavender Festival events

Each farm is unique with a separate experience from others as some host demos, food, live music and…

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News

Lavender blooming a little late, but festival is here

Farmers encourage visitors now and all summer long

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Three lots, 153, 161 and 169 W. Spruce St., recently sold to the City of Sequim. They’ve been linked for years to criminal activity and code compliance issues next to the Sequim Civic Center.

News

Sequim buys three properties

Lots have been linked to nuisance and crime

Visitors align a photo-op at Washington Lavender Farm in July 2020. The farm hosts its free festival for two weeks with vendors from July 8-17 as many farms, community groups and businesses prepare events for Sequim Lavender Weekend July 15-17. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Festivities, farms mark start of lavender season

Most to remain open throughout summer

A hallway at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Healing Clinic at 526 S. Ninth Ave. leads to several meeting rooms, where patients with opioid-use disorder (OUD) treatment receive counseling. The facility officially opens today. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Healing clinic opens in Sequim

First day to see patients is today

Sequim police continue to investigate a burglary at Coastal Farm & Ranch. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Crime

One arrested, two at large in Sequim burglary

ATF assisting due to large number of firearms stolen