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Actors, from left, Justin Stapleton, Mario Arruda and Sean Stone rehearse “Artificial Emotions,” a short play written by John Painter and directed by Bill Stone, far right. It will be the first of eight plays in Olympic Theatre Arts’ New Works Showcase through Sunday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Olympic Theatre Arts offers New Works Showcase

Olympic Theatre Arts will offer eight new mini shows this month for its latest New Works Showcase. All original, the roughly 10-minute shows… Continue reading

 

Colleen Robinson, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County, signs off on purchasing 7.7 acres at 303 Mill Road in Carlsborg. Part of the $1.93 million purchase was covered by an $854,000 bequest from the late Frances J. Lyon. The property will be called Lyon’s Landing. (Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County)

Habitat purchases Carlsborg property

Organization plans to build 45 homes

 

Clara (Rhodefer) Muma, 5, looks at a memorial honoring her great-great-great uncle Clyde Rhodefer of Sequim in front of Carlsborg Family Church on Nov. 9. The plaque was replaced and added the names of the men from Clallam County who died in World War I. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

WWI plaque rededicated for 10 servicemen

Community members gather at Carlsborg Family Church for ceremony

 

Sequim Police officers, from left, Devin McBride, Ella Mildon and Chris Moon receive 2024 Lifesaving Awards on Oct. 28 for their medical response to help a man after he was hit by a truck on U.S. Highway 101. (Barbara Hanna)

Sequim police officers honored with Lifesaving Award

Three Sequim Police Department officers have been recognized for helping save a Mukilteo man’s life after he was hit by a vehicle on… Continue reading

Sequim Police officers, from left, Devin McBride, Ella Mildon and Chris Moon receive 2024 Lifesaving Awards on Oct. 28 for their medical response to help a man after he was hit by a truck on U.S. Highway 101. (Barbara Hanna)

Kennel containing puppies hit by vehicle on highway

A kennel containing puppies fell out of a truck and was hit by another vehicle on U.S. Highway 101 west of Sequim, the… Continue reading

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 work to extinguish a fire Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of Barnes Road. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Man found dead following house fire

A man was found dead inside a home after a structure fire west of Sequim. Clallam County Chief Criminal Deputy Amy Bundy said… Continue reading

Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 work to extinguish a fire Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of Barnes Road. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Former state Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Lake Sutherland, said 18 years in public office was a “life-altering experience.” (Kevin Van De Wege)

Van De Wege reflects on political career

Former senator to continue firefighting, begin consulting

Former state Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Lake Sutherland, said 18 years in public office was a “life-altering experience.” (Kevin Van De Wege)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Rich Krebsbach, manager of the Highland Irrigation District, asks questions of Rhiana Barkie, Clallam County public works project coordinator. The map is one of four new options for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project. Public input is being taken through the county’s website at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/188/Dungeness-Off-Channel-Reservoir-Project.

Sequim reservoir project draws crowd, questions

Clallam County, FEMA public comment period open through Nov. 21

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Rich Krebsbach, manager of the Highland Irrigation District, asks questions of Rhiana Barkie, Clallam County public works project coordinator. The map is one of four new options for the Dungeness Off-Channel Reservoir project. Public input is being taken through the county’s website at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/188/Dungeness-Off-Channel-Reservoir-Project.
Sequim City Council members finalized through their consent agenda to ban the sale of fireworks effective October 2025. They held a public hearing last month that garnered mostly support for the ban. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim finalizes ban on fireworks

Ordinance change will go into effect next October

Sequim City Council members finalized through their consent agenda to ban the sale of fireworks effective October 2025. They held a public hearing last month that garnered mostly support for the ban. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Kyle Bartholick-LeMaire (Sweeney Todd) and Angela Poynter (Mrs. Lovett) join the company for “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” at a rehearsal for “Sweeney Todd.” The show runs through Saturday at Sequim High School. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Ghostlight to stage ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Sequim High

Musical dark comedy runs Thursday through Saturday at auditorium

Kyle Bartholick-LeMaire (Sweeney Todd) and Angela Poynter (Mrs. Lovett) join the company for “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” at a rehearsal for “Sweeney Todd.” The show runs through Saturday at Sequim High School. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Karen Huber, sister of Nash Huber, the owner of Nash’s Organic Produce, stands by large crates that hold various seeds that Nash sells to farmers. She said she’s mitigated alleged violations and concerns from property owner, Washington Land Trust, but the longtime farmer faces eviction from the property if he doesn’t comply with ending his lease agreement that goes through 2032. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Washington Farmland Trust could evict Dungeness farmer

Nash Huber helped preserve Delta Farm in 1999

Karen Huber, sister of Nash Huber, the owner of Nash’s Organic Produce, stands by large crates that hold various seeds that Nash sells to farmers. She said she’s mitigated alleged violations and concerns from property owner, Washington Land Trust, but the longtime farmer faces eviction from the property if he doesn’t comply with ending his lease agreement that goes through 2032. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Deputy Mayor Rachel Anderson thanks Sequim police officer Mark Poole with a proclamation of his Lifesaving Award on Oct. 14 for preventing a man from jumping from the River Road bypass in August. (John Southard)

Sequim police officer honored with Lifesaving Award

Sequim Police Officer Mark Poole was awarded a 2024 Lifesaving Award for his efforts to save a man from jumping from the River… Continue reading

Deputy Mayor Rachel Anderson thanks Sequim police officer Mark Poole with a proclamation of his Lifesaving Award on Oct. 14 for preventing a man from jumping from the River Road bypass in August. (John Southard)
Wendy Sisk, CEO for Peninsula Behavioral Health, and Clallam County commissioner Randy Johnson cut a ribbon with the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 16 for PBH’s first transitional house in Sequim. County funds helped pay for the refurbished home for five adults. (Peninsula Behavioral Health)

Behavioral Health to offer transitional home in Sequim

Former office will provide services for five adults

Wendy Sisk, CEO for Peninsula Behavioral Health, and Clallam County commissioner Randy Johnson cut a ribbon with the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 16 for PBH’s first transitional house in Sequim. County funds helped pay for the refurbished home for five adults. (Peninsula Behavioral Health)
Marylaura Ramponi donates a $500,000 check on Oct. 17 to Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels for the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, a vocational building at Sequim High School. The check was made in honor of Marylaura’s husband Louie, as it would have been his 89th birthday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donor provides $500K for CTE

Sequim woman to match funds in March

Marylaura Ramponi donates a $500,000 check on Oct. 17 to Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels for the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, a vocational building at Sequim High School. The check was made in honor of Marylaura’s husband Louie, as it would have been his 89th birthday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Tribal leaders, health providers and supporters stand for a ceremonial ground breaking on Oct. 19 for The Jamestown Evaluation and Treatment Center, a 20,000-square-foot, 16-bed treatment center for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Tribe breaks ground on psychiatric treatment facility

Leaders anticipate receiving permit to build soon

Tribal leaders, health providers and supporters stand for a ceremonial ground breaking on Oct. 19 for The Jamestown Evaluation and Treatment Center, a 20,000-square-foot, 16-bed treatment center for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Boys & Girls Clubs Youth Performer Pearle Peterson of Sequim sings the national anthem prior to Game 2 of the 2023 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers on Oct. 28 in Arlington, Texas. She will sing it again at the World Series in Los Angeles on Saturday. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Sequim’s Peterson to sing at World Series on Saturday

Boys Girls Club member to perform national anthem in Los Angeles

Boys & Girls Clubs Youth Performer Pearle Peterson of Sequim sings the national anthem prior to Game 2 of the 2023 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers on Oct. 28 in Arlington, Texas. She will sing it again at the World Series in Los Angeles on Saturday. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Michelle Rhodes, executive director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, shows festival royalty the new logo and tagline “When History Flows and Futures Grow” for the 130th festival on Oct. 12 at the Oasis Bar and Grill. Sherry Scharschmidt designed the logo using artificial intelligence technology. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Irrigation Festival reveals 2025 logo, tagline for 130th year

The tagline for the 130th year of the Sequim Irrigation Festival is “Where History Flows and Futures Grow.” The festival is set for… Continue reading

Michelle Rhodes, executive director of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, shows festival royalty the new logo and tagline “When History Flows and Futures Grow” for the 130th festival on Oct. 12 at the Oasis Bar and Grill. Sherry Scharschmidt designed the logo using artificial intelligence technology. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

Sequim to ban fireworks sales

Ordinance to go into effect next fall

Sales of fireworks will be prohibited in Sequim city limits effective late October 2025 after Sequim city council members voted to restrict the sale. The decision comes seven years after former city council members voted to ban the discharge of fireworks in city limits. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)
The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim’s $58M budget largest in history

Utility rate increase continues three-year plan

The West Sequim Bay Corridor Project, including a lift station at Forrest Road, is the largest project for the city of Sequim in 2025. Nick Dostie, Sequim’s city engineer and deputy director of public works, previously said the city plans to go to bid in the second or third quarter of 2025, with construction possibly starting in the first quarter of 2026, and pipeline and lift station construction complete in the third or fourth quarter of 2028. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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City to surplus two-story home, outbuildings at Gerhardt Park

More information to come on process this spring

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