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What the ‘Safe Start’ plan looks like

Guidance and future plans listed

3 hours ago
by Zach Jablonski and Pierre LaBossiere

Faern Tait of Port Angeles shows off Valentina, a 10-year-old alpaca, at the 2019 Clallam County Fair. Officials have cancelled the 2020 fair with Clallam County not likely able to host large gatherings by mid-August. Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell

Coronavirus

Clallam County Fair cancelled for 2020

The livestock displays, rodeo, carnival, scones and more will have to wait until 2021. The 2020 Clallam County Fair, set… Continue reading

4 hours ago
by Michael Dashiell

Sequim High considering ‘drive-in’ for 2020 graduation

Caps and gowns … on wheels? With statewide limits on large gatherings still in place, Sequim School District officials along… Continue reading

5 days ago
by Michael Dashiell

Nurses at Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, from left, Lynda Lyons, CNA; A.J. Henning, CNA; and Jo Talbot, RN; show masks and gowns made by members of Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club. In total, club members made more than 4,500 face masks for community health workers. Photo courtesy of Avamere/Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club

Sunbonnet Sue Quilt club makes more than 4,500 face masks for health workers

Many hands may make light work, and with the right hands they can make quality stitch work. In the past… Continue reading

5 days ago
by Matthew Nash

Coronavirus

Sound Publishing offers grants to advertisers

Sound Publishing is launching a new program to help local companies spread the news that they’re open for business. Sound… Continue reading

1 day ago

Sequim High School agriculture teachers, from left, Bill McFarlen, Lynette Jenné, and Steve Mahitka, along with Emily Westcott, flower basket coordinator, stand in the City of Sequim’s greenhouse where more than 130 flower baskets await going on Washington Street on June 1. Basket sponsorship supports the high school’s plant sale and the downtown Christmas lights program. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

SHS students, staff finish flower baskets despite school closure

Sponsors sought to support plant sale, Christmas lights programs

5 days ago
by Matthew Nash

State gives Clallam County approval for Phase 2

Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman has approved Clallam County’s request for a variance to move from Phase 1… Continue reading

4 days ago
by Sequim Gazette Staff

Peninsula man realizes ‘dream’ with Carlsborg food truck

North West Grill What: Walk-up restaurant/food truck Where: Parking lot of Tracy’s Insulation,261372 US Highway 101 (Carlsborg) Hours: 11 a.m.-6 Continue reading...

5 days ago
by Michael Dashiell

DCC founder Smith dies at 73

Perhaps a bit uncomfortable with the spotlight — and, by many accounts, ill at ease with the management of a Continue reading...

5 days ago
by Michael Dashiell

Boy Scouts find COVID-19 work-arounds online

“Be prepared.” Is there a better motto to face a worldwide health crisis? To help keep their young scouts active Continue reading...

5 days ago
by Michael Dashiell

Get It Growing: Thinking outside the usual berry basket with small fruits

By Jeanette Stehr-Green For the Sequim Gazette Last week, we covered four of the more popular small fruits grown in Continue reading...

5 days ago
by Clallam County Master Gardeners

News

Expect delays along US Highway 101 near Sequim for repairs

Maintenance crews for the Washington State Department of Transportation look to take advantage of warm, dry conditions to conduct pavement… Continue reading

3 days ago
by Sequim Gazette Staff

Coronavirus

Clallam County approves Phase 2 plan

Clallam County has approved a request to move into the next phase of the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan. The county… Continue reading

4 days ago
by Rob Ollikainen

Business

Record unemployment on North Olympic Peninsula

North Olympic Peninsula unemployment soared to historical highs in April as Clallam and Jefferson employers shed 2,850 nonfarm jobs amid Continue reading...