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Responder Blotter — April 8, 2026

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

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Seventeen-year-old Clare Turella has captured two 2A state high jump titles as a freshman and sophomore, and for her junior year she’s set her sights on Sequim’s school record.

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Clare Turella keeps going to such great heights

Sequim high jumper sets big goals following 2A state titles

Sequim Gazette photos by Monica Berkseth Representatives of the Sequim-Shiso Sister City Association, from left, Janine Miller, Jennie Petit, Jim Stoffer and Annette Hanson were on hand at Saturday’s open house event at the Friendship Garden at Carrie Blake Community Park to provide information about the student exchange program.

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Open house event fetes revived friendship with Japan

Shiso City exchange program celebrated at Friendship Garden

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Tribe CEO to address commissioners about land transfer

Petition opposes Jamestown’s ownership proposal

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash While contract negotiations are still underway, the Progressive Design-Build team of Absher Construction of Puyallup, and McGranahan PK Architects of Tacoma will tentatively lead design and construction efforts for the new Helen Haller Elementary in Sequim. The project was approved as part of a bond in February 2025.

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Negotiations ongoing for elementary, high school bond project leads

Construction completion remains tentatively set for summer 2029

Paula Hunt/Olympic Peninsula News Group Brad Simmons, president of UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics, speaks to the Olympic Medical Center Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. The two organizations signed a nonbinding letter of intent last August and are evaluating a potential partnership.

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OMC, UW Medicine consider ‘e-consults’

Local providers could connect to specialists

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Sequim Wheelers volunteers, from left, Ron and Tanya Baumgardner, and Tom Coonelly stand with three of the adaptive bikes in the nonprofit’s fleet. They and 70-plus other volunteers provide free rides to local residents who are unable to ride a bike on their own. The bikes are made by Dutch business vanRaam, and each volunteer receives at least six hours of training a year on the bikes.

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Riders, Pilots wanted for adaptive e-bike program

Sequim Wheelers ready for another season along the ODT

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Felix (Justin Stapleton) is surprised during a rehearsal of Olympic Theatre Arts’ “The Odd Couple” to find a smokier than normal version of his London broil burning as Oscar (Mario Arruda) and the Pigeon sisters watch.

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OTA finds right fit with ‘The Odd Couple’

Stapleton and Arruda play Felix and Oscar for three weekends

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Connor Perry carries an armful of trees to help a classmate plant during a field trip on March 25. Third graders from Helen Haller Elementary planted hundreds of trees on state trust land off Blue Mountain Road managed by the Department of Natural Resources.

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Third graders dig deep into forest on field trip

Third grade green thumbs traveled up Blue Mountain Road last week to plant trees as part of an…

Steve Hobbs.

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Measures secure statewide elections

Official: Databases, processes are safe in Washington state

Photo by Bob Lampert/ Sequim resident Bob Lampert captured this view of the April 1 full moon, which was a “Full Pink Moon” — a term related not to the orb’s color, but rather to the time of year: early spring.

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A full Pink Moon to herald spring’s arrival

Photo by Bob Lampert/ Sequim resident Bob Lampert captured this view of the April 1 full moon, which…

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

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