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Bids for Sequim library expansion planned for fall

Construction could finish by end of 2024

Matthew Nash/ Olympic Peninsula News Group

At Sequim Food Bank, volunteers, from left, Kevin Wilson, Betty Gwaltyney, Corky Schadler, Melody Wilson, John Matson and Melissa Vemi with Sequim Community Church, worked together to build two planters, fill them with dirt and plant lavender for Sequim Beautiful Day. Not pictured was Steve Gale.

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Volunteers enhance Sequim sites for Beautiful Day

SEQUIM — Painting, planting and scrubbing were on the checklists of more than 100 volunteers for Sequim Beautiful…

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FD3 shuffles positions

Chief takes on admin role as assistant set to serve as interim

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Diamond Point’s Mingee named to District 3 commission

Fills former fire commissioner Steven Chinn’s term

Sequim City Council members and Clallam County commissioners meet for a joint work session to discuss affordable housing and human services funding. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Housing major issue in joint meet

Leaders from Clallam County, Sequim discuss efforts

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Fire District chiefs set retirements; new staffing plan to begin in May

Consulting firm hired to look at leadership structure this month

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Battle of the Books award goes to Five Acre School

Fourth graders finish reading competition

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Sequim Police Chief Sheri Crain talks with a crowd at a Sequim Business Merchants meeting. She encouraged people to call police if they see something suspicious.

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Church, merchants seek solutions for downtown concerns

Police chief says Sequim not becoming Seattle

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Squatchcon offers comics, cosplay

Homegrown comic professionals to speak, offer student mentorship

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Irrigation Festival kickoff on Saturday

SEQUIM — This Saturday, the annual Kickoff Dinner and Auction ushers in the 128th year of the Irrigation…

Former Sequim resident Kimmy Siebens has been named USA Today Washington State Woman of the Year for her efforts in helping Bremerton’s homeless and at-risk population and their pets. (Kimmy Siebens)

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Sequim native state Woman of the Year

Siebens earns honor from USA Today

Crime & Justice

Treatment continues for Sequim man accused of killing mother

Accused needs ‘psychiatric stabilization’

An estimate to build a new Dungeness Station 31, a volunteer station, came in more than $3 million than what Clallam County Fire District 3 officials were looking to spend. They’re now reassessing options for the facility with a $2 million budget. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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New fire station is over budget

Chief seeks finish of facilities plan

Participants in the 5K Sun Fun Color Run emerge from clouds of tempera paint while being pelted by rain and snow during Saturday’s Sequim Sunshine Festival at Carrie Blake Park and the Albert Haller Play Fields with additional events at Pioneer Park. Inclement weather on Saturday forced organizers to move many entertainment events indoors. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sunshine Festival is short on sunshine

But drones have clear skies for event’s grand finale

This year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival royal court includes, from left, prince Fred Cameron, princess Anne Marie Barni, queen Pepper Reymond and princess Paige “Skylar” Krzyworz. They’ll tour the region extensively this summer in parades representing Sequim as ambassadors. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Pageant sets stage for Sequim Irrigation Fest events

Float to be unveiled at 7 Cedars Resort prior to dinner this month

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Owen DeAngelo grins as he gets a touch of yellow at the last color station at the Sun Fun Color Run 5K in 2022 at the Albert Haller Playfields just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Entries remain open for the 1K and 5K run/walk races on Saturday.

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Sequim Sunshine Festival celebrates ‘Blue Hole’

Show to feature 200 drones, more activities this weekend

Sequim Police Officer Daniel Martinez receives a Purple Heart at a Sequim Police Department awards dinner in December 2022 from Sgt. Dave Campbell for his actions in stopping a man who allegedly attempted to kill him during a traffic stop. (Sequim Police Department)

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Prosecutor finds Sequim officer’s actions justified at traffic stop

Martinez awarded department’s purple heart in December

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Diamond Point man receives 10 years in prison for ‘savage beating’

PORT ANGELES — A Diamond Point man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for what Clallam County…

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An application has been approved to remodel the former Office Depot space into a Sportsman’s Warehouse, but City of Sequim staff await final fees be paid before a building permit can be issued.

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Sportsman’s Warehouse files to move into old Office Depot spot

SEQUIM — The former Office Depot space in Sequim Village Marketplace is tentatively set to become a Sportsman’s…

Crime & Justice

Burglar sentenced to 15 years

Multiple shotguns taken from Coastal Farm store