Olympic Peninsula News Group

Bound for Carnegie: Quintet of Sequim high schoolers headed to NYC

Bound for Carnegie: Quintet of Sequim high schoolers headed to NYC

Some have been singing nearly all their young lives; others, just the past couple of years. Five Sequim High School students have in… Continue reading

Bound for Carnegie: Quintet of Sequim high schoolers headed to NYC
The Carlsborg crunch: Businesses see tough times through sewer project

The Carlsborg crunch: Businesses see tough times through sewer project

Grinning and bearing the impact of the Carlsborg sewer project has been tough for many locals. Business owners along U.S. Highway 101 saw… Continue reading

The Carlsborg crunch: Businesses see tough times through sewer project
Olympic Theatre Arts presents ‘A Very Whisky Christmas’

Olympic Theatre Arts presents ‘A Very Whisky Christmas’

’Tis the season of music, concerts and holiday productions and Olympic Theatre Arts is serving up a special musical performance which is guaranteed… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts presents ‘A Very Whisky Christmas’
Auditions set for Olympic Theatre Arts production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

Auditions set for Olympic Theatre Arts production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

Auditions for the next Olympic Theatre Arts Main Stage production, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2… Continue reading

Auditions set for Olympic Theatre Arts production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

City of Sequim receives $3.1 million for Fir Street reconstruction

Plans to reconstruct Fir Street near several Sequim schools are moving forward after the city of Sequim received a $3.1 million grant. The… Continue reading

Helen Haller does the Turkey Trot

Helen Haller does the Turkey Trot

Hundreds of students at Helen Haller Elementary, 350 W. Fir St., are doing a Turkey Trot… Continue reading

Helen Haller does the Turkey Trot
Sequim Police Department receives state accreditation

Sequim Police Department receives state accreditation

The Sequim Police Department has earned accreditation from the Washington Association of Sheriffs &Police Chiefs. Police Chief Bill Dickinson, Deputy Chief Sheri Crain… Continue reading

Sequim Police Department receives state accreditation
Dungeness River Audubon Center holds annual Nature Mart

Dungeness River Audubon Center holds annual Nature Mart

The 10th annual Nature Mart will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday at the Dungeness River Audubon Center… Continue reading

Dungeness River Audubon Center holds annual Nature Mart
Sequim Rotarians help Kenyans get water cisterns

Sequim Rotarians help Kenyans get water cisterns

Rotarians Mary Jane Apple and Andrea Gilles recently returned from a two-week trip to the Makueni region, southeast of Nairobi, Kenya, to assist… Continue reading

Sequim Rotarians help Kenyans get water cisterns
Sequim, Port Townsend ‘Cranksgiving’ events crank up for 2016

Sequim, Port Townsend ‘Cranksgiving’ events crank up for 2016

The family-friendly, wheel-powered food-raiser called Cranksgiving will take place in Sequim and Port Townsend this weekend. Sequim Organizers of the 2016 Cranksgiving are inviting community… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Townsend ‘Cranksgiving’ events crank up for 2016
Sequim Community Aid seeks toys for area children in annual drive

Sequim Community Aid seeks toys for area children in annual drive

Sequim Community Aid is accepting donations of toys for its Toys for Sequim Kids giveaway. The nonprofit, which provides year-round help with utility… Continue reading

Sequim Community Aid seeks toys for area children in annual drive

Operation Christmas Child drop-off begins Monday across Peninsula

Collection will begin Monday for this year’s Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Locations are in Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and Forks. Through Nov.… Continue reading

‘Second Saturday Science’ kicks off at Port Angeles, Sequim libraries

The North Olympic Library System’s Second Saturday Science program will kick off this Saturday with sessions in brick animation in Sequim and Port Angeles. All… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra performs songs by George Harrison and other notable artists Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Music Live with Lunch in Sequim.

Port Angeles High’s orchestra plays Music Live with Lunch this Tuesday in Sequim

The Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Ron Jones, will take the stage at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Music… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra performs songs by George Harrison and other notable artists Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Music Live with Lunch in Sequim.
Sequim City Band to host Navy Band Northwest musicians today

Sequim City Band to host Navy Band Northwest musicians today

The Sequim City Band will present “Viva Italia!,” a concert highlighting the music of Italy, today. This free event, the first indoor… Continue reading

Sequim City Band to host Navy Band Northwest musicians today
PEO bazaar in Sequim to feature gifts, baked goods, books galore this Saturday

PEO bazaar in Sequim to feature gifts, baked goods, books galore this Saturday

Chapter JC of PEO International will have its eighth bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the foyer of Sequim Community… Continue reading

PEO bazaar in Sequim to feature gifts, baked goods, books galore this Saturday
Sequim, Port Angeles libraries host children’s musician

Sequim, Port Angeles libraries host children’s musician

Have fun singing and stomping to the tunes of children’s musician Johnny Bregar of Seattle as he returns to the North Olympic Library System for… Continue reading

Sequim, Port Angeles libraries host children’s musician
OTA finds a lot of fun in musical murder-mystery “Something’s Afoot”

OTA finds a lot of fun in musical murder-mystery “Something’s Afoot”

The opens at 7:30 p.m. tonight and will run for three weekends through Nov. 13.

OTA finds a lot of fun in musical murder-mystery “Something’s Afoot”

Fossil fuels focus of Evening Talks at Olympic Natural Resource Center tonight

A presentation by Bruce Lippke of the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences was rescheduled from Oct. 14

Sequim High School students hope to ‘Boo Hunger,’ set new food donation record

Donation bags are set to go to city of Sequim residents today.