Matthew Nash

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell breaks a bottle of champagne over the RV Resilience on Sept. 5 as Steve Ashby, PNNL laboratory director, and other dignitaries celebrate the dedication of the hybrid vessel. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory vessel dedicated at ceremony

RV Resilience to lead marine research in Sequim Bay, ocean

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell breaks a bottle of champagne over the RV Resilience on Sept. 5 as Steve Ashby, PNNL laboratory director, and other dignitaries celebrate the dedication of the hybrid vessel. (Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Standing below the Saturn V rocket, Sequim students and teacher, from left, Megan Reeves, Allee Deering, Sara Turner, Riley Guimond and Olivia Lozano enjoy a tour of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex after they won a trip to Florida through their Sequim Middle School club. (Sara Turner)

Sequim students earn trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Middle-schoolers work on project after school

Standing below the Saturn V rocket, Sequim students and teacher, from left, Megan Reeves, Allee Deering, Sara Turner, Riley Guimond and Olivia Lozano enjoy a tour of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex after they won a trip to Florida through their Sequim Middle School club. (Sara Turner)
BMC Roofing crews work on Aug. 28 to replace a portion of the roof of the Sequim Prairie Grange. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donation helps Sequim Grange repair roof

Sequim woman bequeaths $850K for fixes

BMC Roofing crews work on Aug. 28 to replace a portion of the roof of the Sequim Prairie Grange. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Corey Edwards, organizer of the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show, stands by his case of Kaiju monsters he’s been collecting since the early 2000s. He said the show on Saturday will be an option for locals to find new and old toys that they might remember from their childhood. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Toy and collectibles show set for Saturday

Event returns for its second year at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim

Corey Edwards, organizer of the Olympic Peninsula Toy and Collectibles Show, stands by his case of Kaiju monsters he’s been collecting since the early 2000s. He said the show on Saturday will be an option for locals to find new and old toys that they might remember from their childhood. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Fireworks light up the skies over Carrie Blake Community Park to cap Sequim’s Independence Day celebration on July 4, 2023. The fireworks display started following the ban on the discharge of fireworks in the city. City council members plan to discuss the ban of fireworks sales next month. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim council to consider ban on fireworks sales

Discharge banned in city limits in 2016

Fireworks light up the skies over Carrie Blake Community Park to cap Sequim’s Independence Day celebration on July 4, 2023. The fireworks display started following the ban on the discharge of fireworks in the city. City council members plan to discuss the ban of fireworks sales next month. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim police serve a search warrant on Aug. 29 at Gold Rush Jewelry and Coin after multiple reports of theft. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim police investigating alleged $100K in theft from gold business

Nineteen people say they have been left without funds

Sequim police serve a search warrant on Aug. 29 at Gold Rush Jewelry and Coin after multiple reports of theft. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim won’t go for parks district

Council declines vote but may revisit in future

The Carlsborg Store has slowly reopened to the public as an artisan mercantile and restoration business by owners Justin Pollak and Jonel Lyons. The business first opened in 1915 to accommodate the Carlsborg Mill. (Carlsborg Store)

Couple restores Carlsborg Store, looks to share history

Artisan mercantile, restoration company now open

The Carlsborg Store has slowly reopened to the public as an artisan mercantile and restoration business by owners Justin Pollak and Jonel Lyons. The business first opened in 1915 to accommodate the Carlsborg Mill. (Carlsborg Store)

FD3 plans to ask for levy in 2025

Agency to push EMS request into 2026

Hawaiian officials, students and staff celebrate the opening of new playground sets at King Kamehameha III Elementary School’s temporary site on Aug. 13. Sequim’s Danielle Patterson helped coordinate and donate the Wagga Wagga structure after wildfires in August 2023 destroyed the school. (Danielle Patterson/Allplay Systems)

Sequim woman coordinates playground donation in Hawaii

Structure dedicated in August after deadly wildfire last year

Hawaiian officials, students and staff celebrate the opening of new playground sets at King Kamehameha III Elementary School’s temporary site on Aug. 13. Sequim’s Danielle Patterson helped coordinate and donate the Wagga Wagga structure after wildfires in August 2023 destroyed the school. (Danielle Patterson/Allplay Systems)
Ruby Coulson of Sequim, playing as the Stanford Tree, and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, who competed for the Philippines’ women’s gymnastics team and is an incoming Stanford freshman, jump together in Paris during an interview promoting the university’s many Olympians. (Stanford Athletics)

Sequim woman performs as Stanford mascot at Paris Olympics

Coulson to appear as university’s ‘Tree’ through next April

Ruby Coulson of Sequim, playing as the Stanford Tree, and gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, who competed for the Philippines’ women’s gymnastics team and is an incoming Stanford freshman, jump together in Paris during an interview promoting the university’s many Olympians. (Stanford Athletics)
Ocean Mounts, 12, stands with his brother Ollie, 7, on Greywolf Elementary School’s new playground Quantis M2. Ocean suggested a new playground a few years ago, and Sequim School District and PTA leaders have sought funds for the project. He now attends Sequim Middle School and said he’s glad his brother and other children will get to play on the structure. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools celebrate playground installations

Crab Trap, We-Saw, Friendship Swings some of new attractions

Ocean Mounts, 12, stands with his brother Ollie, 7, on Greywolf Elementary School’s new playground Quantis M2. Ocean suggested a new playground a few years ago, and Sequim School District and PTA leaders have sought funds for the project. He now attends Sequim Middle School and said he’s glad his brother and other children will get to play on the structure. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
This 2020 aerial photo shows Sequim and the bypass that was opened in 1999. It deterred traffic from Washington Street in hopes of creating less congestion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Business leaders say bypass improved downtown Sequim

Traveling across city used to take 30 minutes, locals say

This 2020 aerial photo shows Sequim and the bypass that was opened in 1999. It deterred traffic from Washington Street in hopes of creating less congestion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
Mark Karjalainen

Program aims to reduce 911 calls

Fire District 3 hires first community paramedic

Mark Karjalainen
Jessica Davis helps Jordyn Mancuso-Staus put on a personalized vest during a ribbon cutting for the remodel of the Sequim Walmart as Jordyn's grandmother Donna Staus, left, and Jessica's husband John-Paul Davis watch. The Davises presented Donna with a shadowbox with her late-husband Lynie Staus' work vest. He died May 1 shortly before his 24th anniversary with the company. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Remodel complete at Sequim Walmart store

Company leaders recognize staff, community organizations

Jessica Davis helps Jordyn Mancuso-Staus put on a personalized vest during a ribbon cutting for the remodel of the Sequim Walmart as Jordyn's grandmother Donna Staus, left, and Jessica's husband John-Paul Davis watch. The Davises presented Donna with a shadowbox with her late-husband Lynie Staus' work vest. He died May 1 shortly before his 24th anniversary with the company. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Mary Budke, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, started in the Sequim club working in the kitchen in June 2004 to help pay her cell phone bill while she worked on her master’s degree. She’s worked her way up in the organization and has helped raise funds for operations and to build a new Port Angeles club. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Boys Girls Club CEO reflects on 20 years

National organization implementing local food model

Mary Budke, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, started in the Sequim club working in the kitchen in June 2004 to help pay her cell phone bill while she worked on her master’s degree. She’s worked her way up in the organization and has helped raise funds for operations and to build a new Port Angeles club. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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 those sites from redevelopment and help protect affordable housing options in the city. (City of Sequim)

Sequim extends pause on home parks

Planning commission sets hearing for Tuesday

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 those sites from redevelopment and help protect affordable housing options in the city. (City of Sequim)
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COLLEGE & OLYMPICS: Sequim grad Ruby Coulson starts journey as Stanford Tree mascot at Paris Olympics

Will perform at Cardinal football and basketball games starting Aug. 30

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District adding community paramedic

Program designed to help frequent 9-1-1 callers

Sequim council enacts remote public comment procedure

Participants who want to speak remotely must sign in by 3 p.m. on meeting day