Olympic Peninsula News Group

Clallam County, partners set pollution project open house

An open house concerning a pollution project update on Sequim-Dungeness area beaches is planned from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. Clallam County… Continue reading

Sequim Community Aid seeks support, volunteers as donations lag

Sequim Community Aid seeks support, volunteers as donations lag

Volunteers with Sequim Community Aid, a nonprofit helping prevent homelessness for 70 years, say they need… Continue reading

Sequim Community Aid seeks support, volunteers as donations lag
Sequim High operetta ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ bags theater award for scenic design

Sequim High operetta ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ bags theater award for scenic design

Judges must love Sequim’s renditions of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” The Sequim High School’s 51st operetta won “Outstanding… Continue reading

Sequim High operetta ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ bags theater award for scenic design
A new writers group called the Olympic Peninsula Authors will celebrate the release of a new anthology, “In the Words of Olympic Peninsula Authors,” including the work of 14 local authors.

Peninsula authors celebrate anthology’s launch at new writers group

Writers on the Olympic Peninsula are seeking recognition in the community by publishing a new anthology of written work. Editors of the anthology,… Continue reading

A new writers group called the Olympic Peninsula Authors will celebrate the release of a new anthology, “In the Words of Olympic Peninsula Authors,” including the work of 14 local authors.
Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season

The latest venture for Bristol Marunde, a 2000 Sequim High graduate and mixed martial artist,… Continue reading

Sequim grad’s ‘Flip or Flop Vegas’ renewed for second season
Matthew Nash (2)/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Ron Quigley of Diamond Point looks over his bonsai forest, a Japanese larch he obtained in 2007 from its designer, the late Sharon Muth of Bonsai NW. It’s one of many bonsai trees Quigley treasures in his collection.

Dungeness Bonsai Society hosts its 41st annual show this weekend in Sequim

It takes patience and determination to keep a bonsai tree going, and members of the Dungeness… Continue reading

Matthew Nash (2)/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Ron Quigley of Diamond Point looks over his bonsai forest, a Japanese larch he obtained in 2007 from its designer, the late Sharon Muth of Bonsai NW. It’s one of many bonsai trees Quigley treasures in his collection.

Olympic Theatre Arts announces new season of live theater

Olympic Theatre Arts has unveiled its 2017-18 theater season. Season ticket subscriptions are now on sale to the public until Aug. 1, when… Continue reading

Landscaping with ornamental grasses topic of Saturday presentation

Landscaping with ornamental grasses topic of Saturday presentation

Veteran Master Gardener Janet Oja will lead a class in ornamental grasses Saturday. The class, “Using Ornamental Grasses in the Landscape,” will be… Continue reading

Landscaping with ornamental grasses topic of Saturday presentation
Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Local artist Susan Spar stands next to her exhibit centerpiece, “Jen Sleeping,” on display at her show “People, Places & Things of the Heart” at the Sequim Museum & Arts Center. She will hold an artist demonstration and reception Saturday at the MAC.

Local artist Susan Spar puts on a solo show at Sequim Museum & Arts

From detailed still-life to portraits to landscapes, Susan Spar’s artwork looks almost real enough to touch… Continue reading

Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Local artist Susan Spar stands next to her exhibit centerpiece, “Jen Sleeping,” on display at her show “People, Places & Things of the Heart” at the Sequim Museum & Arts Center. She will hold an artist demonstration and reception Saturday at the MAC.
Olmypic Theatre Arts hosting general auditions for upcoming play season

Olmypic Theatre Arts hosting general auditions for upcoming play season

Olympic Theatre Arts will conduct general auditions Saturday. Auditions will be at 3 p.m. at the theater at 414 N. Sequim Ave. Auditions… Continue reading

Olmypic Theatre Arts hosting general auditions for upcoming play season
Food banks, Price Ford partner for peanut butter drive

Food banks, Price Ford partner for peanut butter drive

For the fourth year, volunteers will be standing outside several grocers for the Price Ford Peanut Butter Drive. The dealership partners with the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Food banks, Price Ford partner for peanut butter drive

OMC Cancer Center expansion donations continue to come in

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation has announced a total of more than $318,000 in donations for the planned expansion of the OMC… Continue reading

Sequim man gets 7-year sentence for firearm assaults

Keith Roberson of Sequim has been sentenced to seven years plus one day on two counts of assault in the second degree,… Continue reading

Jail superintendent retires after 37 years with Clallam County Sheriff’s Office

Jail superintendent retires after 37 years with Clallam County Sheriff’s Office

A much-decorated Clallam County Sheriff’s Office employee is retiring after 37 years of service. Jail Superintendent Ron Sukert’s last day will be… Continue reading

Jail superintendent retires after 37 years with Clallam County Sheriff’s Office
Dyefeltorspin festival celebrates fiber; alpaca shearing set for Sunday

Dyefeltorspin festival celebrates fiber; alpaca shearing set for Sunday

If you’re looking for unique diversion this weekend, head up the hill from Sequim for… Continue reading

Dyefeltorspin festival celebrates fiber; alpaca shearing set for Sunday
Veteran Master Gardeners Lois Bellamy, Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Audreen Williams, from left, will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles this Saturday.

Get timely vegetable gardening advice Saturday

Is it too late to plant tomatoes? What is making those holes in the leaves of that broccoli plant? What is the… Continue reading

Veteran Master Gardeners Lois Bellamy, Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Audreen Williams, from left, will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles this Saturday.
This painting, called “Nesting Egrets” by Susan Martin Spar, is on display at the Sequim Museum & Art Center.

Local artist hosts solo show at Sequim museum

A solo show of the work of artist Susan Martin Spar, formerly with the Blue Whole Gallery and presently showing at Gallery 9… Continue reading

This painting, called “Nesting Egrets” by Susan Martin Spar, is on display at the Sequim Museum & Art Center.

Sequim School District picks capital levy project manager

The Sequim School District has decided on a project manager to head construction projects funded by the capital projects levy that passed during… Continue reading

This July, Mike Wanner, owner of All Around Bikes, on right, plans to close his business while leaving operations to manager Jon Porlier, left, through then. For now the store inventory is 20 percent off. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s All Around Bikes to close in July; owner turning attention to making bike products

After more than 15 years selling bikes in Sequim, Mike Wanner, owner of All Around Bikes,… Continue reading

This July, Mike Wanner, owner of All Around Bikes, on right, plans to close his business while leaving operations to manager Jon Porlier, left, through then. For now the store inventory is 20 percent off. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Tony Award-winning comedy ends Olympic Theatre Arts’ Main Stage season

Tony Award-winning comedy ends Olympic Theatre Arts’ Main Stage season

Olympic Theatre Arts is ending its Main Stage season this year with a bang. For its… Continue reading

Tony Award-winning comedy ends Olympic Theatre Arts’ Main Stage season