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Clallam County Community Service Awards.

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Nominations open for Clallam County Community Service Awards

Forms due on March 27; event scheduled for May 6

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COMMUNITY NEWS — March 11, 2026

Veterans assistance

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Flocks of pink flamingos are appearing on lawns around Sequim as part of a fundraising effort by graduating seniors and their parents for the Safe and Sober Graduation Party.

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‘Flocked’ fundraiser returns

The “You’ve Been Flocked” fundraiser for Sequim High School graduating seniors is back for its 20th year. Run…

Photo courtesy Clallam County Fire District 3
Clallam County Fire District 3 brought on seven new firefighters on March 2. They include, from back left, firefighter/EMT Ryan Beck, firefighter/EMT Cole Smithson, firefighter/EMT Aaron Polumsky, firefighter/paramedic Liam Bedenkop; front left, firefighter/EMT Jeramy Stewart, firefighter/EMT Tristan Lowman, and firefighter/paramedic Jacob Carrell.

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Firefighters join FD3 crew

Levy lid lift helps pay for additional staffing

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth
Soroptimist International of Sequim volunteers, from left, Virginia Kostanich, Elaine Powlesland, Loree Conrad, Natasha Merkuloff-Nichols, Shirley Legg, Suzanne Plemmons, Becky Archer, Denise Bayer, Chris Snow, and Susan Coffee celebrate the opening of its new space for the group’s Medical Loan Closet. To make an appointment to request or return an item, or donate, call 360-504-0231.

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Soroptimists’ medical loan closet moves to new Sequim location

Volunteers say space is larger, more convenient

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Sequim man faces hit-and-run, evading police charges

No one injured in two incidents

Photos courtesy Laura Gould
Sequim School District sent 55 students with 47 from Sequim High School and eight from Sequim Middle School to the HOSA Future Health Professionals Washington Conference in early March.

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Sequim students win big at Future Health Professionals conference

Sequim’s HOSA (Future Health Professionals) club members in high school and middle school won multiple events at the…

Photo courtesy Sequim Elks Lodge
Exalted Ruler Magan Waldron with the Sequim Elks Lodge celebrates Emerson Jacobs being the lodge’s Student of the Month for February.

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Jacobs named Elks’ Student of the Month for February

The Sequim Elks Lodge has named Emerson Jacobs its Student of the Month for February.

Olympic Peninsula News Group photo by Paula Hunt/ Nancy Field was unanimously appointed to fill the vacant Position 3 seat on the Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners.

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Nancy Field chosen by Olympic Medical Center board to fill vacant seat

Death of John Nutter left Position 3 seat open

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March 11 Wellness Forum will focus on dementia

Bri Buchanan with the Olympic Area Agency on Aging will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness Radio…

Photo courtesy Olympic Medical Center/ Medical/surgical/pediatrics nurse Marie Flanagan, oncology nurse Lisa Connoly-Petrisin, and emergency department nurse Josh Sund were recently presented the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing, which recognizes extraordinary, compassionate nursing care.

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Three OMC nurses honored with Daisy Award

Olympic Medical Center has honored three registered nurses with the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing. The honorees are…

Photo by Teresa Herrera/ The rising sun peeks through the clouds over Sequim on the morning of Thursday, March 5.

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Good morning, Sequim

Photo by Teresa Herrera/ The rising sun peeks through the clouds over Sequim on the morning of Thursday,…

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One Poulsbo teen has died following a fatal wreck on March 3 on Highway 104, and Port Townsend man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center and two Sequim residents transported to Jefferson General Hospital with injuries.

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Teen dies in head-on collision in Jefferson County

A Poulsbo teen has died following a head-on collision in Jefferson County on Tuesday night with a Jefferson…