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Sequim Gazette photos by Tom Buscher Dave and Lynda Breithaupt walk with their dog Lily on the Dungeness Trails where Dave and Lily encountered a cougar on two consecutive days earlier this month. Experts estimate there are about 300 cougars on the Olympic Peninsula.

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What the cougar on the Dungeness was saying

Two mornings, two sightings, and a call that carried half a mile along the Dungeness. What an Olympic…

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COMMUNITY NEWS — July 29, 2026

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Photos by Michael Dashiell, courtesy Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe The Canoe Journey 2026 Paddle to Medicine Creek Nisqually Potlach came to Jamestown Beach on July 24 with 10 canoes welcomed on the beach by Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe representatives.

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Annual canoe journey comes to Jamestown coastline

Canoes landed on Jamestown Beach on Friday, July 24 as part of the Canoe Journey 2026 Paddle to…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — July 29, 2026

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

Photo courtesy of West Sequim Bay Road resident/ A boil water advisory remained in place at press time for some residents along West Sequim Bay Road after a reservoir was depleted. It was restored by Clallam PUD and City of Sequim staff with a tanker truck and hose lines from a hydrant courtesy of Clallam County Fire District 3. Water stopped on July 9 and was restored on July 11, but the boil advisory was still in place as of July 27 as residents await Department of Health water tests.

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Boil water advisory set for some West Sequim Bay Road residents

Marina, resort stop watering lawns

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Silberhorn Wellfield deep well construction work to begin July 27

The City of Sequim plans to begin construction on the Silberhorn Wellfield Deep Well on Monday, July 27.…

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society (OPAS) volunteer Dow Lambert uses an app on his phone to check the nests of purple martins in nest boxes atop poles. Photo by John Gussman

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OPAS checks in on purple martin nest box tenants

Local nature photographer and Travel Journal speaker John Gussman went along with volunteers with the Olympic Peninsula Audubon…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ City of Sequim staff look to use grant funding to design the restoration of Johnson Creek Trestle Bridge. Funding for construction has not yet been secured, city staff said.

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Design funding to restore Johnson Creek trestle moves forward

Funding to design the restoration of Johnson Creek Bridge west of Whitefeather Way in Sequim and along the…

Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher An aerial view shows visitors moving among vendor booths, gathering areas and the James Center for the Performing Arts during the Sequim Lavender Festival at Carrie Blake Community Park on July 18. This year mark’s the 30th anniversary of the festival that features shopping, food, activities and live entertainment.

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The appeal of lavender continues 30 years later

International, cross-country and local visitors make up farms’ clientele

UPDATED Dungeness River Flow Chart

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‘We are on a downhill slope’: Experts warn of Dungeness River’s shrinking lifeline

League of Women Voters’ Water Committee seeks to raise awareness

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Volunteers with St. Vincent de Paul, board members with the Sequim Education Foundation, and students with The Student Community Partnership Initiative gather on July 13 to celebrate the successful completion of a $20,000 matching grant campaign to support Sequim families and children in need of housing, food, transportation and more. The students agreed to provide the funds using an Amazon donation to support St. Vincent de Paul, while St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church parishioners and community members donated $39,136 towards the matching grant.

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Community, students partner to help St. Vincent de Paul

Nonprofit to support families, students with food, utilities, transportation, more

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Autumn Piontek-Walsh will serve as Five Acre School’s interim executive director for the upcoming school year. She previously served as its director while owning the school from 2013-2019 before it became a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Recently, she joined the school’s board following a series of departures from the school, including the firing and rehiring of the former school director who is now the school’s Explorer Class lead (fourth-sixth grade).

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Former Five Acre School owner becomes interim executive director

Board looks for familiarity through transition

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — July 22, 2026

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

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