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Sequim's hometown newspaper is a paid, weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in print and online at sequimgazette.com.

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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sequim High School’s new buildings will tentatively be ready for the 2029-30 school year, report Sequim School District officials and consultants. www.sequimgazette.com/.../shs-addi...
Image by Mahlum Architects/ This conceptual design by Mahlum Architects shows the two-story building at Sequim High School that will replace the school’s A-E buildings and portable classrooms. Construction is anticipated to finish on it and the career and technical education (CTE) building called the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence in time for the 2029-30 school year.Image by Mahlum Architects/ The Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, a career and technical education (CTE) building, will feature new classrooms in automotive, metal work, and wood work.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Leaders with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe held a grand opening on Aug. 26 for its Jamestown Salish Seasons. The evaluation and treatment (E&T) center will help voluntary patients experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms such as severe depression www.sequimgazette.com/2026/09/02/s...
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Salish Seasons to open late September to voluntary patients in Sequim - Sequim Gazette
Dignitaries host grand opening as staff continue onboarding
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A few days before finishing her trek across America with the Warrior Bike program, U.S. Navy Seabee Builder Chief Mary Montigny of Rhode Island paid her respects in Gardiner to Marvin G. Shields, the only Seabee to receive the Medal of Honor. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/09/02/s... #veterans #Navy
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Seabee honors Shields at Gardiner Cemetery during cross-country trek - Sequim Gazette
A few days before finishing her trek across America with the Warrior Bike program, U.S. Navy Seabee Builder Chief Mary Montigny of Rhode Island paid her respects to a fellow Seabee in Gardiner.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Olympic Theatre Arts is adding some extra flair to the comedic stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller “The 39 Steps.” Story: www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/25/o... #theater #Hitchcock #plays #comedy
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For three weekends, “The 39 Steps,” a comedic spoof of Alfred Hitchcock’s film, features, from left, Colby Thomas, Nikki Forrest, Deanna Eickhoff, and Matt Forrest. Thomas, Eickhoff and Nikki Forrest cumulatively portray dozens of characters throughout the show through several quick changes on and off stage.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Staff with The Co-Op Farm and Garden, Sequim’s oldest, continuously running business, are readying for a weeklong celebration 90 years in the making. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/19/c...
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Co-Op celebrates 90 years with weeklong celebration - Sequim Gazette
Each day features giveaways, discounts, food, more
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here are Clallam County Environmental Health Services’ inspections in July of restaurants and food and beverage businesses. Inspectors visited 37 businesses, and found 23 with perfect scores. Fourteen businesses had point deductions with three having repeated violations.
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Clallam County’s health inspections for July 2026 - Sequim Gazette
Here are Clallam County Environmental Health Services’ inspections in July of restaurants and food and beverage businesses.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Retired as a certified public accountant, Barb Charbonneaux, 76, has always been good with numbers. This past weekend, she came up 50 for 50 to finish a bucket list item completing her 50th half marathon in each state. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/19/a... #marathon #halfmarathon #walking #running
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Agnew woman finishes 50 half marathons in 50 states - Sequim Gazette
Charbonneaux started her journey seeking personal, work balance
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Michael Clark is preserving local landmarks for a smaller scale. The stay-at-home father has taken his love of dioramas to create scenes of local barns, businesses, and cottages using photographs, balsa wood, acrylic paints, and shadow boxes. Story: www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/12/c...
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Michael Clark of Rural Impressions sells some of his dioramas of local scenes at the Blue Whole Gallery, including the Carlsborg Store, Big Red Barn Farm, and the Knutsen farmhouse.Photo courtesy Michael Clark/ This in-process photo shows Michael Clark nearing completion of his work on the Carlsborg Store prior to going inside a shadow box.Photo courtesy Michael Clark

The Granary is one of the most popular scenes Michael Clark has created through his Rural Impressions business. He’s built it three times so far.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
After a year off from a full-fledged event, about 200 volunteers brought back the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s show on Aug. 7-8. Show organizer Monica Kaseman said they displayed 183 quilts inside Sequim Community Church’s main sanctuary. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/12/q... #quilts #artquilts
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A visitor takes a photo of the striking “Kraken” quilt by Nancy Foro at the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s annual show.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Beverly Beighle of Dungeness was selected by past awardees of the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s annual show to be the 2026 Featured Artist.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Gladis Marr’s “Flamenco Dancer” was one of dozens of Peninsula Art Quilters’ challenge quilts at the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s show. She took on the “movement” challenge, and joined the group in 2017 after living in Italy for many years. “It means friendship, community and inspiration,” she said of being in the club.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Clallam County residents have lost millions to fraud with some of it converted into gold or Bitcoin and handed to people posing as government agents, according to local law enforcement. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/08/05/s...
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Seniors learn ways to avoid financial scams at free seminar - Sequim Gazette
Sheriff’s Office, Sequim Police Department, and prosecuting attorney led presentation at The Lodge
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Dave and Lynda Breithaupt walk with their dog Lily on the Dungeness Trails where Dave and Lily encountered a cougar on two consecutive days earlier this month. Experts estimate there are about 300 cougars on the Olympic Peninsula. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/07/29/w...
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What the cougar on the Dungeness was saying - Sequim Gazette
Two mornings, two sightings, and a call that carried half a mile along the Dungeness. What an Olympic Peninsula cougar researcher makes of it, and why we are better off with the cats than without them...
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Al Brady, a veteran broadcaster, television host and former radio executive, is KSQM-91.5 FM’s new volunteer program director, helping guide programming changes, train volunteers and tackle technology challenges. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/06/17/k...
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KSQM’s Al Brady, program director, Jennifer Pettit, development specialist, and Tama Bankston, administrative director, stand together by the radio station’s prized “RESPECT” piano, which was created for and used in the movie by the same name. The Aretha Franklin biopic starred Jennifer Hudson.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sequim High School's 2026 valedictorians include, from left, Olivia Baros, Nico Musso, Laila Sundin, Julia Reandeau, Kendra Dodson, Kailah Blake, Emma Gilliam, and Shelby Haskins. There are 220 graduates this year, which is set for June 5. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/06/03/e...
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Sequim High School’s class of 2026’s valedictorians are, from left, Olivia Baros, Nico Musso, Laila Sundin, Julia Reandeau, Kendra Dodson, Kailah Blake, Emma Gilliam, and Shelby Haskins.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A new student-led board, the Student Community Partnership Initiative, looks to help both classmates and their families with basic necessities along with the local nonprofits supporting them. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/05/27/s...
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Students form board to support families, nonprofits - Sequim Gazette
New initiative group looks to connect kids, community
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The weather held up nicely for the last two weekends as another Sequim Irrigation Festival rolled on to keep the streak as Washington’s oldest, longest, continuous-running festival. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/05/13/i...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ The Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty float rolls through downtown Sequim on Saturday, May 9 for the Grand Parade. Featured on the float are, from left, princess Caroline Caudle, princess Emma Rhodes, prince Brayden Baritelle, and queen Tilly Woods with float designer Guy Horton driving. They’ll appear in 15 more parades this year, including the Rhododendron Festival this weekend in Port Townsend.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/
Sequim Middle and High School band students march along Washington Street on May 9 playing a number of tunes.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Captain Marc Lawson with Clallam County Fire District 3 drives one of the district’s new fire engines during the Grand Parade.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In the summer of 1977, Ben Burtt, sound designer/supervising sound effects editor on the Star Wars films, came to the Olympic Game Farm in Sequim and spent a few days recording animal noises for various creatures. www.sequimgazette.com/2022/05/04/f... #MaytheFourth
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Flashback: Sequim’s ties to the Star Wars galaxy - Sequim Gazette
This story originally appeared in print and online in the Sequim Gazette on Dec. 13, 2017.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Bob Clark remains a constant for Sequim High School’s class of 1947. He met with fellow alumna Mary Ellen (Dryke) Pogue for lunch at the Mariner Cafe on April 16 to celebrate their 79th class reunion. They’re two of three surviving members of 51 students. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/29/s...
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Sequim High class of 1947 celebrates 79th reunion - Sequim Gazette
Robert “Bob” Clark remains a constant for Sequim High School’s class of 1947.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lions, tigers, and the operetta, oh my! Sequim teens bring “The Wizard of Oz” to the Sequim Irrigation Festival with shows at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 1-2, 8-9, and 2 p.m. May 3 and 10. Tickets at the show door, and sequimschools.org. Story: www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/29/o...
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Principal cast members for Sequim High School’s operetta “The Wizard of Oz” include, from left, Lily Tjemsland as the Tin Girl, Kate Brouillard as the Cowardly Lion, Emma Gilliam as the Scarecrow, Quinlee Anderson as Glinda the Good Witch, Isabelle Hosteller as the Wicked Witch, and Trinity Devlin as Dorothy. Shows run May 1-10 at 7 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Clallam County Fire District 3 staff brought the bell formerly housed atop the Lost Mountain Fire Station 33 to Sequim Museum & Arts on April 17 in the district’s antique fire truck. The bell is estimated to be more than 100 years old. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/22/l...
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Lost Mountain School’s original bell is now in front of Sequim Museum & Arts as a joint effort between Clallam County Fire District 3, museum officials and volunteers, and local business Doin’ Stuff. Pictured from left are Bob Stipe with the museum, Luke and Daniel Berneking with Doin’ Stuff, Tharin Huisman, CCFD3 maintenance supervisor, firefighter/EMT Ryan Hueter, Captain Ivan Hueter, firefighter/paramedic Joel Bower, Fire Chief Justin Grider, and the museum’s Executive Director Judy Reandeau Stipe.Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
This original Lost Mountain School’s bell, pictured in 2024 atop Lost Mountain Fire Station, is now in front of Sequim Museum & Arts by its Veterans Monument along Sequim Avenue.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Running through the rain, hundreds of ballplayers took the field on Saturday for Sequim Little League’s long-standing tradition of a Player Parade to kick off the start of the season. See more pictures here: www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/15/l...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/  Players with Troll Haven’s coach pitch baseball team take the field on April 11 for opening day of Sequim Little League’s season.
 Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash  Rian Anderson, coach for Adagio Bean & Leaf’s juniors softball team, leads his team onto Don Knapp Field during the Player Parade on Saturday. The middle school squad won their first game of the season later in the day 16-15 against East Jefferson with a walk-off run. Olympic Game Farm’s hybrid softball team Chaos Kittens stand under umbrellas as they await Sequim Little League’s opening day ceremonies. The girls started the season with machine pitching and will transition to player pitching as the season progresses.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Clare Turella, a Sequim High School junior, has set a high bar for Washington high jumpers. Clare said she’s set her sights on the Sequim High School girls record of 5-5 this season along with a third 2A state title. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/08/c...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash  Seventeen-year-old Clare Turella has captured two 2A state high jump titles as a freshman and sophomore, and for her junior year she’s set her sights on Sequim’s school record.Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell  Clare Turella, then a freshman, leaps over the high jump crossbar to earn a district championship in 2024. She cleared 5-3 at that meet, and 5-2 at the state meet to win her first title. Photo courtesy Kirsti Turella/  Clare Turella holds up her first 2A state high jump medal in 2024 that she won with a jump of 5-2. File photo courtesy Brad Moore/  Sequim’s Clare Turella receives a first place medal in the Washington state 2A track and field meet in Tacoma on May 30 after she jumped 5-4 to win the title in May 2025. She jumped 5-2 in 2024 to win the title as a freshman.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pitch-perfect casting paired with Neil Simon’s sharp writing in “The Odd Couple” makes for three weekends of fun at Olympic Theatre Arts. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/07/o...
Photo courtesy Mark Klinke/  Tidy and messy collide in Olympic Theatre Arts’ “The Odd Couple,” starring Justin Stapleton as Felix Ungar, and Mario Arruda as Oscar Madison.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Third grade green thumbs traveled up Blue Mountain Road last week to plant trees as part of an ongoing educational field trip. This was the 42nd year for the event. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/02/t...
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Third graders dig deep into forest on field trip - Sequim Gazette
Third grade green thumbs traveled up Blue Mountain Road last week to plant trees as part of an ongoing educational field trip.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
State Representative Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend) talks about his plans not to run for reelection, accomplishments in office, and his treatment for Squamous cell carcinoma. “It was time for someone else,” he said. “Sixteen years is a good run.” www.sequimgazette.com/2026/04/01/t...
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Tharinger reflects on service after announcing political retirement - Sequim Gazette
Friends, colleagues share how he made a difference
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Highlighting both the beauty of the Friendship Garden and a recently rebooted Japanese-American exchange program, the Sequim-Shiso Sister City Association hosts a family-friendly open house event in Carrie Blake Community Park from noon-3 p.m. April 4. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/31/o...
Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash  Shoko Suskind, a volunteer for the Sequim-Shiso City Friendship Garden, stands in the water pulling weeds from the shoreline. She is one of 10 volunteers who work from 9 a.m.-noon each Tuesday from late March to October to provide upkeep of the garden. More volunteers are welcome.Volunteers Jennie Petit and Angie Terry clean up different areas of the Friendship Garden within Carrie Blake Community Park. They host an open house from noon-3 p.m. Saturday, April 4 with various art activities, tours, and more.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Here are Clallam County Environmental Health Services’ inspections in February of restaurants, schools, and food businesses. Inspectors visited 51 establishments, and found 38 locations with perfect scores. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/27/c...
Hi-Way 101 Diner, 392 W. Washington St., in Sequim was one of 38 Clallam County restaurants to receive a perfect inspection from Clallam County Environmental Health Services in February. Pictured are line cooks Brandon Kober, left, and Jalen Garcia, right, readying plates of spaghetti and meatballs, Philly cheesesteaks, and a French dip for customers.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Garden tips, fresh plants, yard art, and much more highlighted another Soroptimist Gala Garden Show. The 27th-annual event was held March 21-22 in the Sequim Boys & Girls Club with guest speakers in Helen Haller Elementary’s cafeteria, including Ciscoe Morris. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/24/g...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Gardening personality Ciscoe Morris talks to approximately 200 people on March 22 in Helen Haller Elementary’s cafeteria as part of the Soroptimist Gala Garden Show. He shared gardening tips, funny stories, and gave away plants.  Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash  Port Townsend Garden Center owner Jose Borrayo speaks with visitors of the Soroptimist Gala Garden Show on March 22. He said it’s his favorite show to attend as he can connect and hear visitors’ thoughts and needs.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thirty-five career and volunteer firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 conducted multiple live-fire drills throughout March 21 in a two-story home within the City of Sequim’s Gerhardt Park that was designated surplus by city officials. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/24/f...
Photo by Jay Cline/ Firefighters and Explorer Scouts with Clallam County Fire District 3 stand together on March 21 after training all day inside a house within Gerhardt Park in the City of Sequim. Fire Chief Justin Grider said the training is value-added for its real-life experience it provides to firefighters.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Community Paramedic Mark Karjalainen waves from the window as he awaits a training session to begin on March 21.   Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ A group of Clallam County Fire District 3 firefighters prepare themselves before going inside the ground floor of a live-fire training on March 21.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Sequim’s Tom Green has about 25 of his quilts on display at A Stitch in Time Quilt Shoppe at 225 E. Washington St. in Sequim. For Green, quilting has been about about color, composition and the quiet satisfaction of making something lasting. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/11/s...
Photo by Nicole Driggs  More than two dozen of Tom Green’s quilts are on display throughout March at A Stitch in Time Quilt Shoppe, 225 E. Washington St. in Sequim.Photo by Nicole Driggs  Sequim resident and former educator Tom Green took up quilting more than 30 years ago. He holds a master’s degree in art and creates his own quilt patterns.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There was a celebratory mood at the Sequim Food Bank on Saturday for its “Hail and Farewell” event recognizing the achievements of now former Executive Director Andra Smith while sharing in the excitement for new director Jen Colmore. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/18/f...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash  New Sequim Food Bank Executive Director Jen Colmore, second from right, introduces a blanket called “Agate Beach” donated by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for outgoing Executive Director Andra Smith, on right. Colmore read a note from food bank board director Loni Greninger that said the blanket symbolized the process of agates becoming beautiful rocks from pressure and friction. Food bank staff wrapped Smith in the blanket as a thank you as she has taken a new job as the Washington Food Coalition’s executive director.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash  Sequim Food Bank board members and staff stand together for a photo op to commemorate the transition between outgoing executive director Andra Smith and new director Jen Colmore. Colmore first worked as a volunteer and then the facility’s community engagement coordinator.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Just over two years after closing for renovations, North Olympic Library System staff announced that the refurbished and expanded Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. will reopen on Saturday, March 21. Operating hours that day are set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.sequimgazette.com/.../sequim-l...
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Sequim library to reopen Saturday, March 21 - Sequim Gazette
Project adds about 10,000 square feet to footprint
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Soroptimist International of Sequim has moved its medical loan closet to 425 E. Washington St. for more space and accessibility. It operates by appointment for loans, returns and/or donations by calling and leaving a message at 360-504-0231. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Soroptimists’ medical loan closet moves to new Sequim location - Sequim Gazette
Volunteers say space is larger, more convenient
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Five Acre School, a nonprofit independent school in Dungeness, has announced plans to restructure its leadership team as the organization readies a capital campaign to purchase the school’s site at 515 Lotzgesell Road. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/11/f...
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Five Acre School readies capital campaign to purchase its property - Sequim Gazette
Development director hired to help secure funds, long-term stability
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The rain held out and the fun ensued for the seventh Sequim Sunshine Festival. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/11/j...
Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ Enthusiastic youngsters participate in the annual Sun Fun Color Run on Saturday, March 7 at Carrie Blake Community Park.Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ 
A family enjoys the Illuminated Drone Show on March 7 from the parking lot of Greywolf Veterinary Hospital, just south of Carrie Blake Community Park. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ 
Sisters Clara and Paige Cerfogli of Sequim enjoy the Glow Zone at the Sequim Sunshine Festival where they drew pictures on paper with bright markers underneath black lights. Photo courtesy Silas Crews, City of Sequim/ 
Members of Clallam Mosaic dance to “This is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” during the Shine On, Sequim! talent competition. Audiences voted for them to win the adult category of the contest.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The Olympic Medical Center Foundation fundraiser for the OMC Heart Center netted a record-breaking $273,000 to upgrade the cardiac ultrasound systems of the OMC Heart Center.
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Annual OMC Foundation event raises record $273,000 for Heart Center - Sequim Gazette
Money will be used to upgrade cardiac ultrasound systems
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The North Olympic Library System will go to Clallam County voters this April for its first tax levy lid lift increase in 15-plus years. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/03/02/n...
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NOLS to ask for levy lid lift in April - Sequim Gazette
Library system last asked for tax increase in 2010
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Sequim Mayor Rachel Anderson shared a proclamation at Monday’s city council meeting saying that the city will serve and protect all community members regardless of immigration status. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/02/25/s...
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Sequim mayor pens proclamation to lessen immigration concerns - Sequim Gazette
City police reiterate they won’t, can’t enforce residency status
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
One Sequim wrestler earned a medal at the MAT Classic state tournament as Sequim earned 11 wins overall in Tacoma against the best boys and girls wrestlers in the state. Senior Ryan Spelker at 132 pounds finished eighth with four wins over two days. www.sequimgazette.com/2026/02/22/w...
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Wrestling: Spelker medals for Wolves - Sequim Gazette
Nine compete for Sequim in Tacoma Dome
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Jennifer Thomas, a composer, musician and filmmaker based in Sequim, heard her tune “Rise of the Phoenix” performed during a routine on Feb. 6 at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. www.sequimgazette.com/news/sequim-... This is Thomas' third Olympic appearance.
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Sequim composer’s epic music remains a staple for athletes at Olympics - Sequim Gazette
‘Rise of the Phoenix’ helps Japan figure skating team win silver
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A year of hard work hitting the mats and going to camps comes to fruition this weekend for Sequim’s wrestling squad at the 2A State Mat Classic. Nine Wolves will wrestle Feb. 20-21 at the season-ending tournament with two alternates named. Story: www.sequimgazette.com/sports/wrest...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Sequim’s statebound wrestlers include, from top left, Riley Downs, Andre Linson, alternate, Max Sivilli, Levi Breithaupt, Cash Hiner, alternate, Harper Campbell; from bottom left, Finn Jones, Ryan Spelker, Johnny Vilona, Brandon Bair, and Story Snow. They’ll wrestle in the Tacoma Dome in the 2A boys and girls state meets Feb. 20-21.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Teens Brayden Baritelle, Caroline Caudle, Emma Rhodes, and Tilly Woods seek seats on the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty court at the 2026 Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at Sequim High School Auditorium. www.sequimgazette.com/life/royalty...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Volunteer royalty mom Lynn Horton rehearses with the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty candidates for their upcoming show. Candidates include, from left, Tilly Woods, Brayden Baritelle, Caroline Caudle, and Emma Rhodes.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Leaders with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe say once their planned Jamestown Salish Seasons psychiatric evaluation and treatment clinic is completed tentatively this summer, construction will move on to start the tribe’s new dental clinic once permitting is done. www.sequimgazette.com/news/jamesto...
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Jamestown Tribe plans to move Blyn dental clinic to Sequim - Sequim Gazette
Project would nearly double number of appointments for children, adults
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Leaders with Shipley Center, Sequim’s senior center, gathered for possibly the first indoor groundbreaking ceremony in Sequim last week inside its forthcoming new facility at 651 W. Washington St. www.sequimgazette.com/news/shipley...
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Shipley Center holds groundbreaking inside new facility - Sequim Gazette
Plans remain in place to open by year’s end
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This year, the Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic — also known as the Sequim Free Clinic — will mark 25 years of providing free healthcare services to those who are uninsured and under-insured. www.sequimgazette.com/news/sequim-...
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Sequim Free Clinic set to celebrate 25th year - Sequim Gazette
Volunteer-driven nonprofit will reach quarter-century mark in October
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
For Olympic Theatre Arts’ first production of the year, cast and crew invite you to be an active participant in “It’s Not About the Hood: Bernie’s Tale.” Shows take place at OTA’s Gathering Hall, 414 N. Sequim Ave., from Feb. 6-22. www.sequimgazette.com/life/a-fairy...
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Bernie Riding-Hood (Trinity Myers) encounters a group of annoying squirrels, played by Amara Buggy, Gretel Maberry, Rain Nelson, and Sasha Larson in “It’s Not About the Hood: Bernie’s Tale.”
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ The cast of “It’s Not About the Hood: Bernie’s Tale” rehearse a number at Olympic Theatre Arts’ Gathering Hall. The show is set to run Feb. 6-22.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Sheriff Grimm (Tara Dupont) attempts to recruit Gretel and Hansel (Jeanne Klockers and Richard Stephens) as Nana Riding Hood (Rebecca Maberry) disapproves of Grimm’s actions.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Library patrons stocked up for the final full day of the Sequim Temporary Library location on Jan. 31. Staff anticipate moving materials and operations back into the Sequim Branch Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. through this month. www.sequimgazette.com/news/tempora...
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Temporary Library closes for move to remodeled Sequim branch - Sequim Gazette
Reopening date still to be announced as holds remain available
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sequim’s first girls high school flag football team is heading for the postseason after finishing the season as Olympic League co-champions with Klahowya. Districts are set toplay Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31 in Bremerton. www.sequimgazette.com/sports/flag-... #flagfootball #football
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Ruby Moxley-Horgan weaves through Bremerton’s defense on Jan. 28 in Sequim. She scored multiple touchdowns in the win, including an opening score that was the length of the field.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The first student exchange – this time online – brought sister cities together once again last weekend after a six-plus year hiatus for the Sequim-Shiso City Sister City Association’s student exchange program. www.sequimgazette.com/news/friends... #Japan #Sequim
Ian Houghton, a former Sequim-Shiso City exchange student, speaks to Shiso City representatives on Jan. 24 from the Sequim Civic Center during a virtual exchange meet-up. It was the first planned student meeting since 2019 for the Sequim-Shiso City Sister City Association.Shiso City’s mascot Shii-tan shows her skills playing with a ball and cup during a virtual meeting of sister cities Sequim and Shiso City, Japan. The two cities mailed traditional games and sweets to each other to share during the meeting on Jan. 24 and 25, depending on the time zone.
Sequim students will tentatively go to Shiso City in 2027, and Shiso City students and representatives to Sequim in 2028.Five current Sequim students watch a presentation from Shiso City students about their area’s events, culture, and geography on Jan. 24 in Sequim. Local students will tentatively go to Shiso City, Japan in 2027 and their students will come to Sequim in 2028.
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Kristapher Edgecombe of Sequim likes to don his “Sasquatch gear” and search for the elusive creature in the Olympic National Forest and other areas for his YouTube channel Xpedition_Edge youtube.com/channel/UCJzVsznciZVGnzF8KmimGnQ Story: sequimgazette.com/life/on-the-watch-for-squatch/
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On the watch for Squatch | Sequim Gazette
Sequim man’s YouTube channel chronicles adventures searching for mysterious creatures
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Sequim Gazette @sequimgazette.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe announced on Jan. 16 its intentions to replace the Railroad Bridge’s historic truss next to the Dungeness River Nature Center at 1943 W. Hendrickson Road in Sequim. www.sequimgazette.com/news/railroa...
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Railroad Bridge’s truss to be replaced due to wood deterioration | Sequim Gazette
New steel structure to reflect current design, improve safety, tribe reports
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