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Photo by Tim Williams Tim Williams, president of the Sequim Picklers, snapped this photo on Wednesday, April 29, and sent it to the Sequim Gazette in appreciation of the city painting over the crude swastika that was painted on one of the pickleball courts at Carrie Blake Community Park last October. A previous attempt to cover the graffiti failed, so the city was waiting for warmer, drier weather, according to Public Works Director Paul Bucich. The Picklers hope to restart a partnership with the city that would lead to upgrades to the courts. “Discussions regarding resurfacing are ongoing,” Williams told the Gazette in an email, “but this is a significant step forward.”

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Photo: Pickleball paint-over

Photo by Tim Williams

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Election 2026: Candidates file for office

A slew of candidates have filed to run for local, state and federal offices during the first few…

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Avani Welch, 4, celebrates winning the Grand Prize for the Kids Parade on May 2 for her Kraken/mermaid cart and costume. She was chosen by the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty, from left, princess Emma Rhodes, prince Brayden Baritelle, princess Caroline Caudle, and queen Tilly Woods. Welch will ride in the Grand Parade on May 9.

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Festival fun in the sun and on the runway

The first weekend of the Sequim Irrigation Festival, under the Crazy Callen Weekend banner, featured the Kids Parade,…

Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen Sequim Food Bank Director Jen Colmore greets Christina Fransone and her labradoodle Vivian as they wait in the food distribution line.

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‘Like a light switch, it all changes’: Some clients of Sequim Food Bank never thought they would need it

For decades, Christina Fransone had no idea how much she was taking for granted.

Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula Participants in the National Geographic Photo Camp pose for a photo during the five-day camp based at NatureBridge along Lake Crescent during spring break. Twenty students participated through the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.

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National Geographic photographers help local teens seen peninsula through new lens

People, plants, water and everything in between have a story to tell.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — May 6, 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 Emma Reich, drum major for Sequim Middle School, leads the school’s band in marching in the parking lot last week as they ready for the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Parade on May 9. Band director George Rodes said the middle school and Sequim High School bands will join together for the performance. The bands are one of more than 100 entries in the parade that begins at noon and goes from Dunlap Avenue to right before Seventh Avenue along West Washington Street.

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Fun-filled Grand Finale set for festival’s 131st year

Grand Parade set for noon Saturday along Washington Street

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Sequim High School students, from left, Harlie Burwash, Kayden Disinski, and Chase Robins deadhead geraniums in the school’s main greenhouse for the Agriculture Department’s annual Plant Sale. All three said they’ve helped in the greenhouse for at least two years with Disinski helping all four years. The sale continues daily from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through Friday, May 8 at 601 N. Sequim Ave.

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SHS Plant Sale keeps educational tradition going

From students’ own hands, a bounty of baskets, flowers, herbs, and vegetables remain available through Friday at Sequim…

Regan Nickels.

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Nickels: Sequim schools adapting to challenges, shifting demographics

The Sequim School District is reshaping programs, broadening career training and investing in new facilities as it adapts…

Olympic Peninsula News Group photo by Pierre LaBossiere/ One of the dozen or so staggered starts at the Sequim Railroad Bridge run. Staggered starts were used to limit the number of people on the bridge all at once.

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Railroad Bridge Run sees 600 as part of the Run the Peninsula series

More than 600 participants ranging in age from toddlers to 80 years old partook in this year’s Sequim…

Suzy Ames.

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Peninsula College considers program cuts, furloughs, other reductions

Officials considering furloughs, reductions

Photos by Emily Matthiessen Sue Baden, commodore of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club, speaks to an appreciative crowd of 109 members at the 50th anniversary celebration in the Hendricks Room at John Wayne Marina on April 10.

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Sequim Bay Yacht Club celebrates 50 years

Group supports Clallam County hospice through sailboat races, other efforts

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Principal cast members for Sequim High School’s operetta “The Wizard of Oz” include, from left, Lily Tjemsland as the Tin Girl, Kate Brouillard as the Cowardly Lion, Emma Gilliam as the Scarecrow, Quinlee Anderson as Glinda the Good Witch, Isabelle Hosteller as the Wicked Witch, and Trinity Devlin as Dorothy. Shows run May 1-10 at 7 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays.

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Off to the see the operetta: SHS hosts two weekends of “The Wizard of Oz”

Lions, tigers, and the operetta, oh my!