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Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim schools propose fee hike

Board may approve changes in October

Organizers of the Sequim Irrigation Festival said they’ll keep their annual Royalty Ambassador Scholarship Pageant in Sequim High School’s auditorium but move practices to the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim. Proposed rate changes by Sequim School District are cost prohibitive for practices, Festival Director Michelle Rhodes said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Members of the “Ancient and Honorable Cyclists” gather Sept. 12 for their annual meeting. The group of cyclists are at least 80 years old with most riding at least three days a week in and around Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Ancient and Honorable Cyclists keep on riding

Bike tradition continues with 80-year-olds in Sequim

Members of the “Ancient and Honorable Cyclists” gather Sept. 12 for their annual meeting. The group of cyclists are at least 80 years old with most riding at least three days a week in and around Sequim. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Mark Gebbia, distribution coordinator with the Sequim Food Bank, organizes food for the next distribution day. Staff report that the food bank has budgeted about $600,000 for food this year, and it already has used reserves to match demand. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Crunch continues for Sequim Food Bank and its users

Open house, fundraiser set for Sept. 27

Mark Gebbia, distribution coordinator with the Sequim Food Bank, organizes food for the next distribution day. Staff report that the food bank has budgeted about $600,000 for food this year, and it already has used reserves to match demand. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Master projects hearing set today

Permitting for Westbay site paused six months

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.

OTA brings topical ‘Inherit the Wind’ to stage

Actors share connection to Scopes trial adaptation

Matthew Nash / Olympic Peninsula News Group “Inherit the Wind” actors, from left, Ron Graham, as Matthew Harrison Brady, Nikki Forrest, as Rachel Brown, Joe Schulz, as the judge, and Steve Rodeman, as Henry Drummond, rehearse a scene in Olympic Theatre Arts’ upcoming production set for Sept. 12-28 in the Gathering Hall.
In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim approves school contract

Firm to help with project timelines

In the next 30 days, The Wenaha Group and Sequim School District staff will schedule the tentative timelines for construction of the district’s bond and CTE building projects. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
North Olympic Library System Executive Director Noah Glaude gestures to the outdoor children’s area of the Sequim Library, which features benches, a rock and bouncy turf along with a soon-to-be installed gate and a door directly into the inside children’s area. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim library opening shifted to fall

Large infrastructure elements source of delay

North Olympic Library System Executive Director Noah Glaude gestures to the outdoor children’s area of the Sequim Library, which features benches, a rock and bouncy turf along with a soon-to-be installed gate and a door directly into the inside children’s area. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Durashine Concrete Polishing removed 4,000 square feet of tile inside the former Sequim Safeway and JCPenney for the new Shipley Center, Sequim’s senior center. (Shipley Center)

Shipley Center readies construction permit

Director hopeful to move in by late December 2026

Durashine Concrete Polishing removed 4,000 square feet of tile inside the former Sequim Safeway and JCPenney for the new Shipley Center, Sequim’s senior center. (Shipley Center)

Sequim approves process to create improvement districts

Effort could help neighborhoods finance repair projects

Sequim school board approves $49.6 million budget for 2025-26

District planning to host 2,525 students at start of year

Sequim Wolf Pack will continue to practice at Sequim Little League’s fields due to new fees within Sequim School District for renting its field space. Organizers said they’ve practiced and played games at either Sequim High School or Sequim Middle School since 2010. School leaders said they’re meeting with groups through August to discuss concerns. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim school fees irk groups

Teams, productions move or await change

Sequim Wolf Pack will continue to practice at Sequim Little League’s fields due to new fees within Sequim School District for renting its field space. Organizers said they’ve practiced and played games at either Sequim High School or Sequim Middle School since 2010. School leaders said they’re meeting with groups through August to discuss concerns. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Leaders with Holiday Inn Express & Suites, from left, Namaste Stayton, vice president of hotel operations, Bret Wirta, owner, and Shelby Schleve, general manager, stand in “The Great Room” of the Sequim hotel. It was part of a massive $4 million remodeling project that opened up this space, refreshed hotel rooms and suites and added new amenities throughout the building.

Holiday Inn Express finishes its $4 million remodeling project

Six-month effort adds more open space, new amenities

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Leaders with Holiday Inn Express & Suites, from left, Namaste Stayton, vice president of hotel operations, Bret Wirta, owner, and Shelby Schleve, general manager, stand in “The Great Room” of the Sequim hotel. It was part of a massive $4 million remodeling project that opened up this space, refreshed hotel rooms and suites and added new amenities throughout the building.
Sequim city staff report that they plan to request city council members to change Seal Street Park from right-of-way to a parcel so they can enforce no-camping rules. Complaints have continued in recent years about people camping in the area and allegedly committing crimes. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Legal changes proposed for Seal Street Park

Downtown space a place of concern for businesses, residents

Sequim city staff report that they plan to request city council members to change Seal Street Park from right-of-way to a parcel so they can enforce no-camping rules. Complaints have continued in recent years about people camping in the area and allegedly committing crimes. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim to fund half of requests

Final decision to be decided in November

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pat Marcy stands by the organ in Faith Lutheran Church that she’s played since it was built in 1991. This summer marks her 50th year leading music at the church, and with her retirement, a new director of parish music started on Aug. 3.

Musician retires after 50 years at Faith Lutheran

Pat Marcy also taught students in Sequim school choir classes

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Pat Marcy stands by the organ in Faith Lutheran Church that she’s played since it was built in 1991. This summer marks her 50th year leading music at the church, and with her retirement, a new director of parish music started on Aug. 3.

Sequim man arrested in Idaho following shooting incident

A 58-year-old Sequim man is in police custody in Idaho after he allegedly shot at a Washington State Patrol trooper and another… Continue reading

Trial for Sequim man set in 2023 assault

Barcellos allegedly tried to hit children in church parking lot

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

Sequim schools narrow choices

District negotiating on its bond projects

If negotiations between Sequim School District staff and The Wenaha Group are finalized, the firm will lead construction management of the voter-approved bond projects, such as building a new Helen Haller Elementary School, a new wing at Sequim High School along with construction of the Career Technical Education building. (Sequim School District)

Man sentenced to six years in prison for rape

Police, US Marshals arrest Sequim man in New York

Sequim pauses planned projects

Council institutes six-month moratorium