Community news briefs — July 29, 2020

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Community news briefs — July 29, 2020

New hours at Sequim visitor’s center

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Clallam County working with agency to help with rental assistance

Clallam County commissioners have vetted an agreement with Olympic Community Action Programs to provide rental and mortgage assistance…

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Additional COVID-19 case found in Clallam County

As Clallam County discovered a new case of COVID-19, its health officer plans to back off on releasing…

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Four more virus cases in Clallam County

Clallam County had four new confirmed COVID-19 cases Friday and Saturday, July24-25, while Jefferson County continues to avoid…

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Officials urging people to limit gatherings

Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Clallam County, it was reported Thursday, bringing the total number…

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Peninsula virus cases reported by age group

A breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases by age shows the majority of reported cases have been under the…

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North Olympic Peninsula holds at 118 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The state secretary of health has returned the Safe Start applications to Jefferson and six other counties as…

Kirk Nelson, construction manager for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, breaks ground for a virtual meeting to celebrate the beginning of the Dungeness River Audubon Center expansion. Photo by Silas Crews, Story Crane Productions

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River Center expansion to begin this summer

Virtual groundbreaking held via partners

Sue Nylander draws Jess Ruby of Sequim as the winner of the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s annual quilt raffle, as Sharon Clayton, club president, on left, and Barbara Davis hold the quilt outside the Sequim Masonic Lodge on July 19. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Sunbonnet Sues raffle quilt to keep tradition going

Sequim woman wins annual prize

Fireworks could be coming next Independence Day in Sequim depending on proposals tentatively coming to Sequim city councilors. Sequim hosts fireworks each May for the Sequim Irrigation Festival Logging Show, as seen here in 2019. Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell

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Fireworks possible for Sequim’s Fourth in 2021

Councilors agree to keep drone show with Sunshine Festival

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Clallam County closes part of Strait to shellfish harvesting

The Clallam County Department of Health and Human Services’ environment health division has closed shellfish harvesting of all…

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School leaders: EPO, capital project levies on hold until early 2021

A pair of levy proposals — one that sustains about 17 percent of the Sequim School District’s annual…

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Grant helps Peninsula College boost humanities staff, programs

A $150,000 federal grant is helping to boost Peninsula College humanities staff positions and projects impacted by the…