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Sequim Super Kid: Abigail Poirier

At just 12 years old, Abigail Poirier is already making a meaningful impact at the Boys &Girls Club…

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash For 25 years, Kids Fishing Day has provided an opportunity for kids 15 and younger to fish without a license, with bait and equipment provided. The event is sponsored by the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, the City of Sequim, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Annual Kids Fishing Day is Saturday, April 18

Liner replacement was completed last week

Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny day. The stand reopened after being closed for the winter. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Hungry diners enjoy a hot dog from Dogs a Foot in downtown Port Townsend on a warm sunny…

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Amazon facility under construction in Port Angeles

Distribution warehouse expected to employ 93 people

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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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…