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COMMUNITY NEWS — March 4, 2026

Great Decisions group to meet

Photo courtesy Dungeness River Nature Center
For 14 years, volunteers have helped remove invasive Scotch broom from areas around the Olympic Discovery Trail. The annual campaign combines hands-on stewardship with fundraising that supports the River Center’s education programs.

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Annual BroomBusters-ODT effort gets underway

River Center initiative involves hands-on stewardship, fundraising for education

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Northwest Adoption Exchange to offer free informative sessions

Northwest Adoption Exchange (NWAE) is inviting all those interested in adopting from foster care to attend free, virtual…

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Dr. Ajay Joseph speaks to a full house at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles during the Friday, Feb. 27 “Red, Set Go” event. The annual fundraising luncheon hosted by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation benefits OMC’s Heart Center.

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Annual OMC Foundation event raises record $273,000 for Heart Center

Money will be used to upgrade cardiac ultrasound systems

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
Last year’s Sun Fun Color Run saw a record number of participants. It returns at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 7 to Carrie Blake Community Park.

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Festival marks seven years of sun fun

Drone show, color run, more return March 7

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According to staff with the North Olympic Library System, they’re awaiting an occupancy permit from the City of Sequim along with some finishing touches with their contractors before they announce a soft reopening date for the Sequim branch.

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NOLS to ask for levy lid lift in April

Library system last asked for tax increase in 2010

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
Cheri Tinker, executive director of Sarge’s Veteran Support, speaks at the dedication for LtCol James Minsky Place in 2024 in Sequim. She announced this month her plan to move to Oregon and that the organization will seek a new executive director that will operate out of Port Angeles to better serve the entire Olympic Peninsula, including Sequim.

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Sarge’s Veteran Support to shift services as founder moves

Sequim veterans home remains full, going strong

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — Feb. 25, 2026

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

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Dr. Ajay Joseph

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Dr. Ajay Joseph to speak on ‘lifestyle medicine’ at OMC fundraiser luncheon

Make it a habit to live well.

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
Peaceful protesters gather in downtown Sequim on Jan. 25 to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions in Minneapolis and across the country.

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Sequim mayor pens proclamation to lessen immigration concerns

City police reiterate they won’t, can’t enforce residency status

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COMMUNITY NEWS — Feb. 25, 2026

Scholarships, grants available

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Child rape suspect changes plea to guilty

Deal recommends 10-year sentence pending judge’s decision

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Olympic View Community Foundation now accepting Home Fund proposals

Deadline for local nonprofits is March 13