Olympic Peninsula News Group

Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast

Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast

Researchers are looking to western hemlock trees on the Miller Peninsula east of Sequim to collect data that could help save hemlock trees… Continue reading

Saving the hemlock: Peninsula experiment could help dying trees on the East Coast
Tim Cournyer

Forks Community Hospital CEO says health care changes coming

Health care delivery is going to change, according to Tim Cournyer, Forks Community Hospital CEO. “Health… Continue reading

Tim Cournyer
A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family

A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family

“This is a day I never thought would come.” Surrounded by friends and family, Viola Penn Riebe of the Hoh Tribe gave heartfelt… Continue reading

A feature of Sequim park for decades, native canoe returns to its family
Entertainment: Northwinds Homeschool Band takes gold, silver

Entertainment: Northwinds Homeschool Band takes gold, silver

The Northwinds Homeschool Band received several awards at the WorldStrides Heritage Festival, held at Fullerton College in Southern California. The trip also… Continue reading

Entertainment: Northwinds Homeschool Band takes gold, silver
Sequim Police look to re-energize Neighborhood Watch

Sequim Police look to re-energize Neighborhood Watch

Police leaders are looking to re-energize the city of Sequim’s dormant Neighborhood Watch program. In 2007,… Continue reading

Sequim Police look to re-energize Neighborhood Watch
Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

A Sequim High School graduate and his family will soon star in one of the most popular cable television shows in home improvement… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off
Sequim band leader Grand Marshal for Irrigation Festival

Sequim band leader Grand Marshal for Irrigation Festival

Vern Fosket, 57, is a familiar face at the Sequim Irrigation Festival. Despite living in Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim band leader Grand Marshal for Irrigation Festival
“Lonicera sempervirens” by Barbara Neswald.

First Friday Art Walk in Sequim blushes with pink theme

The First Friday Art Walk will bloom with bright flowers and blush with pink — the color theme for tonight’s free, self-guided tour… Continue reading

“Lonicera sempervirens” by Barbara Neswald.
Fire District No. 3 stops residential burn permit requirement

Fire District No. 3 stops residential burn permit requirement

Local residents served by Clallam County Fire District No. 3 no longer need a free residential… Continue reading

Fire District No. 3 stops residential burn permit requirement
Lunch in the Garden veteran Master Gardeners Audreen Williams, Jeanette Stehr-Green, Laurel Moulton, Bob Cain and Lois Bellamy will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles, at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8.

PA garden walks move to Saturdays

Want to learn how to grow vegetables in your own backyard? Need help with pests that are getting the better part of… Continue reading

Lunch in the Garden veteran Master Gardeners Audreen Williams, Jeanette Stehr-Green, Laurel Moulton, Bob Cain and Lois Bellamy will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles, at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8.

Deadline set for change proposals for Sequim’s comprehensive plan

The city council has set a May 1 deadline for residents and developers to propose changes… Continue reading

Sequim residents, businesses step up to help out community

Sequim residents, businesses step up to help out community

Sequim residents and local businesses are stepping up to giving back to the community. Skunkworks Auto… Continue reading

Sequim residents, businesses step up to help out community
Roger Fell, left, a longtime nurseryman and owner of Peninsula Nurseries, shakes hands with George Peterson, who has purchased the business and the property. (Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Entrepreneur has big plans to revitalize Mantle’s Corner; Butchart Garden-style nursery, microbrewery, aquaponics envisioned

“I’ve never been in the nursery business,” said George Peterson, sporting a Peninsula Nursery hooded… Continue reading

Roger Fell, left, a longtime nurseryman and owner of Peninsula Nurseries, shakes hands with George Peterson, who has purchased the business and the property. (Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Joe Shultz, left, Marti McAllister-Wolf, Brohm Dason Rich Hendricksen and Charlotte Carroll act out a scene from “Over the River and Through the Woods.” (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Hapless lives of New Jersey family to stage in Sequim

When young New Jersey native Nick Cristano is offered his dream job in Seattle, his old-fashioned… Continue reading

Joe Shultz, left, Marti McAllister-Wolf, Brohm Dason Rich Hendricksen and Charlotte Carroll act out a scene from “Over the River and Through the Woods.” (Erin Hawkins/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Lonnie Archibald

History Tales to feature author Lonnie Archibald

Author Lonnie Archibald will talk about his new book, “Old Trucks and Gear Jammers,” at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales… Continue reading

Lonnie Archibald

Officials eye next steps toward Sequim branch expansion

Sequim Library’s overcrowding issues are decidedly nonfiction, library officials say. Margaret Jakubcin, director of the North… Continue reading

Kuh chosen to replace Horan on Sequim School Board

Kuh chosen to replace Horan on Sequim School Board

Brian Kuh, executive director of EDC Team Jefferson and president of Citizens for Sequim Schools, has been chosen to fill the Sequim School… Continue reading

Kuh chosen to replace Horan on Sequim School Board

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge seeks volunteers

Those who want to volunteer at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge can sign up now for April training. Training of U.S. Fish and… Continue reading

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners

Some of the more inspired artists on the North Olympic Peninsula recently received kudos for their creativity. Editors and staff of Tidepools… Continue reading

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners

Clallam County fourth-graders prep for Battle of the Books, set March 24

Twelve teams of Clallam County fourth-graders will do battle in a trivia-style competition at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Battle of the Books 2017,… Continue reading