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Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s carnival is on hold this year as the COVID-19 pandemic saw many staffers leave the industry thus limiting availability for many agencies to come to Sequim this year.

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Irrigation Fest plans in-person events

Carnival, car show on hold as organizers look to regroup for 2023

State Patrol’s Crime Scene Response Team members survey a scene near West Hendrickson Road on Thursday where a Sequim man allegedly tried to shoot his neighbor the evening prior. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Man fires at neighbor, police say

Alleged shooter is at Seattle-area hospital

Babs, a 7-month-old lab in training for Guide Dogs for the Blind, makes her first trek up a paratransit bus ramp with her raiser Karen Tyson. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Clallam Transit takes guide dog trainees for a ride

Canines learning to help visually impaired people

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Injured harbor porpoise found on Dungeness beach

Rare occurrence led to euthanasia

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A son’s mission with a father’s support

Former youth pastor leads team to build Guatemalan houses, distribute wheelchairs

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s staff will receive authority to grant, deny or waive certifications of proposed federal licenses or permits that may discharge into waters of the United States once its plan is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. This applies to its reservation and trust lands, such as surface waters on almost 645 acres including the Dungeness River, seen here in November 2020. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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EPA grants Jamestown water testing oversight on reservation, trust lands

Tribal staff must submit quality standards for federal approval

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Sequim offers business rental assistance grant

SEQUIM — The City of Sequim has again opened applications to help local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sequim approves development of 82 homes off West Sequim Bay Road

Second access road dependent on fire safety approval

Molly Martin, Executive Director of the Jamestown Healing Clinic, explains services offered at the soon-to-open facility — including a daycare center. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Tribe’s Healing Clinic to open late April, early May

Director says mandatory inspections remain before opening

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VFW theft, burglary trial set for May

Alcohol, band equipment among items taken in March burglary

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9-1-1 dispatcher honored for helping to save a life

9-1-1 staff recognized by state and local dignitaries as first responders

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Student pleads not guilty to alleged threats to kill on Snapchat

Two schools had been briefly locked down

Construction crews will place a new overlay on West Washington Street in Sequim starting in late April from the River Road roundabout to the Ninth Avenue roundabout over about four weeks. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Washington Street overlay to begin later this month

Project begins annual effort to pave the full thoroughfare

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Trial for Tacoma man linked to Sequim business thefts set for May

Home Depot, Healing Center reported losses

Sequim Police say they've recently conducted out-of-county interviews about the murder of Sequim's Valerie Claplanhoo from January 2019. Now they await the processing of hundreds of pieces of evidence that could link to her killer(s). (Rebecca Ruby)

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Murder probe remains active

Police waiting for evidence from state crime lab

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Clallam County Sheriff’s Office seeks tips in Sunland burglary, gun theft

SEQUIM — Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking information about a daytime burglary in Sunland north of Sequim…

Red Cross volunteers based in the Carlsborg office, from left, Don Zanon, Jean Pratschner and Mary Ann Dangman say their volunteer numbers depleted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they find there are many ways to reengage the volunteer group, including fire prevention, disaster preparation and connecting military families. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Local chapter of American Red Cross seeking volunteers for variety of jobs

Numbers depleted as crises rise in pandemic

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Sequim seeks a hearing examiner for land use permits, appeals

Decision follows city council’s request over fairness concerns

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group American Red Cross volunteers based in the Carlsborg office, from left, Don Zanon, Jean Pratschner, and Mary Ann Dangman say their volunteer numbers depleted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they find there are many ways to reengage the volunteer group, including fire prevention, disaster preparation and connecting military families.

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Red Cross seeks new volunteers to help community in disasters

Numbers depleted during pandemic as crises rose

Matthew Nash /Olympic Peninsula News Group Most items from a burglary of the Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 were recovered over the weekend. Sequim Police officers seek any information about the thefts from the VFW’s bar and band area.

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Sequim VFW burglarized; items returned

Police seek information on alleged suspect