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Photo courtesy of Chris Turner, FD3/ Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 and the Department of Natural Resources contained a fire south of Blyn late on July 7. Its cause remains under investigation.

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Slash pile fire contained south of Blyn

Firefighters responded to a Blyn area fire late Tuesday evening that grew to include several smaller fires.

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Sheriff’s Office: Locals lose almost $700K due to scams

Clallam County residents have lost nearly $700,000 to scams recently, the Sheriff’s Office has said.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Sequim School District will host a 2026-27 budget hearing on July 20. Board directors are considering options for an approximate $730,000 shortfall.

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School district sets budget talk for July 20

Administrators exploring new alternative learning option

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ A grand opening for Jamestown Salish Seasons is set for Aug. 26 with the voluntary admission psychiatric evaluation and treatment clinic accepting its first patients on Sept. 28. Patients are anticipated to be only from Clallam and Jefferson counties and tribal citizens of Washington’s recognized tribes, who are experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms such as depression, typically suicidal, and those who cannot meet their basic needs of health and safety due to a psychosis of some kind.

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Sequim psychiatric treatment clinic set for Aug. 26 grand opening

Voluntary patients accepted starting Sept. 28

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Painting contest with prizes set for Saturday, July 18

The Olympic Peninsula Art Association will host Plein Aire Paint Out on Saturday, July 18.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Victor Gonzalez, owner of Victor’s Lavender, stands with thousands of lavender plants he’s grown to deliver to Ohio where he’s started a distribution center through a new lavender farm called White Barn and Blooms Lavender Farm. Gonzalez said about 70% of his business comes from the East Coast, and he wants to have closer accessibility for customers to pick up or receive his plants due to increasing shipping costs and a higher chance for damaging plants.

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Victor’s Lavender expands to Ohio

Gonzalez looks to better serve clientele in Midwest, East Coast

Graphic courtesy OPHS/ The Magic of Motown, a concert set for Friday, Oct. 23 at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles, will benefit the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Tickets are on sale now.

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Tickets on sale for 2026 Olympic Peninsula Humane Society benefit concert

Tickets are on sale now for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society’s (OPHS) planned benefit concert to raise funds…

Sequim Gazette photos by Monica Berkseth People fill the field in front of the James Center for the Performing Arts on July 4 to hear the Sequim City Band and Peninsula Singers for their joint concert “Sounds of America.”

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Party in park highlights another fun Fourth of July

Newcomers and regulars made a day of the Fourth of July in Carrie Blake Community Park celebrating America’s…

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COMMUNITY NEWS — July 8, 2026

Community Garden Clinic set for Saturday

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — July 8, 2026

The weekly blotter includes calls in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Clallam County Fire District 3 will raze a house at 305 S. Fifth Ave. it purchased in 2015. District staff will demolish and remove the home and garage for a cost up to $110,000.

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Fire District 3 to raze home next to Sequim station

Firefighters to tentatively use property for training before demolition

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Vern Frykholm, dressed as George Washington, walks in the Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Parade this year with The New Dungeness Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and others. He’s portrayed Washington for 14 years and has found many memorable moments and encounters.

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Sequim man keeps first president speaking

Frykholm takes portrayal to busiest year yet

Sequim Gazette file photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Sequim City Band, pictured in 2025, returns to the James Center for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m. on July 4 to perform “Sounds of America.”

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City sets ‘Party at the Park’ for Fourth of July

Fireworks show scheduled for 10 p.m.

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