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Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ Sequim philanthropist Marylaura Ramponi, center front, celebrated her 90th birthday Saturday at the Sequim Masonic Lodge with friends and family members, some of whom had traveled from California and Nevada for the occasion. Nine candles on her birthday cake represented each decade of her life. Ramponi donated $1 million to the Sequim School District to fund The Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, the district’s Career and Technical Education building, in honor of her late husband Louie, a TV salesman and real estate investor.

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Photo: Community donor Ramponi turns 90

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth

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Measures secure statewide elections

Official: Databases, processes are safe in Washington state

Photo courtesy Clallam County Fire District 3/ Firefighters with Clallam County Fire District 3 extinguished a brush fire on the 600 block of North Oak Wood Drive on Friday afternoon believed to have started by a torch used for burning weeds. The fire remains under investigation, staff said.

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Responder Blotter — April 1, 2026

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

Photo courtesy Washington House Democrats State Representative Steve Tharinger (D-Port Townsend) said he made the decision not to run again this year prior to a diagnosis of Squamous cell carcinoma on his tongue last fall. “It was time for someone else,” he said. “Sixteen years is a good run.”

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Tharinger reflects on service after announcing political retirement

Friends, colleagues share how he made a difference

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe seeks legislative support to transfer about 900 acres of land, including the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge with the Dungeness Spit, pictured, Protection Island, and land in Blyn by Sequim Bay to its ownership. Tribal Chairman/CEO W. Ron Allen said if transferred, they’d “only enhance accessibility, and capacity to educate the community and general community, including tourists.”

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Jamestown seeks land transfer of Dungeness Refuge, Protection Island

Tribal chairman says Randall to introduce legislation soon

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COMMUNITY NEWS — April 1, 2026

Great Decisions group to meet

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Fisher receives 7 1/2 years for manslaughter conviction

Aaron C. Fisher has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison with credit for time served following…

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Shoko Suskind, a volunteer for the Sequim-Shiso City Friendship Garden, stands in the water pulling weeds from the shoreline. She is one of 10 volunteers who work from 9 a.m.-noon each Tuesday from late March to October to provide upkeep of the garden. More volunteers are welcome.

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Open house highlights Sequim, Shiso City connection on Saturday

Friendship Garden hosts kite making, paper crafts, virtual tours, photography, more

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Habitat announces ‘Create for CHAIR-ity’ art fundraiser

Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County (HFHCC) is seeking artists and crafters to participate in its “Create for…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Approximately 4,300 people participated in the No King’s Rally 3 peaceful protest in Sequim on March 28.

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Updated: Sequim’s No King’s rally sees about 4,300 participants

As part of more than 3,300 “No Kings” rallies across the nation on Saturday, organizers with Indivisible Sequim…

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Man sentenced to 10 years for sex assault of teens

A 26-year-old Port Angeles man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for sexually assaulting two…

Olympic Peninsula News Group photo by Christi Baron/ Forks CCFD #1 firefighters Chris Martin (left) and Mike Zavadlov (right) accept a $1,000 donation from Ed Bedford of Bedford’s Craft Sodas of Port Angeles to support the department’s swift water rescue program and its effort to purchase a jet boat. Zavadlov noted the department responded to five boat flips this winter, including one fatal incident. Bedford made the contribution in memory of his friend John Brewer, former publisher of the Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum, who died in April 2024 in a Montana fly-fishing accident when the boat he was in struck a submerged log and overturned. The team currently relies on a neighboring jurisdiction for access to a jet boat. The Swift Water Team continues fundraising efforts through a GoFundMe campaign.

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Late publisher John Brewer honored with gift to Forks Swift Water Rescue

Olympic Peninsula News Group photo by Christi Baron

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City to replace 46 curb ramps through the summer

A months-long project to replace 46 curb ramps in the City of Sequim that started on March 30…