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Children celebrate at the Pumpkin Party in the Sequim Prairie Grange’s outdoor kitchen a few years ago. The event grew from an effort to start a Junior Grange in the area and has continued for 12 years each October. Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash

Sequim Prairie Grange celebrates 75 years of farming, rural living

For 75 years, members of the Sequim Prairie Grange have helped keep the rural, small town mindset alive. To celebrate their milestone, about 50 people… Continue reading

Children celebrate at the Pumpkin Party in the Sequim Prairie Grange’s outdoor kitchen a few years ago. The event grew from an effort to start a Junior Grange in the area and has continued for 12 years each October. Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew members from USCG Air Station Port Angeles share patient information with medics from Airflight Northwest on Monday evening. (Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read/U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard crew from Port Angeles airlifts cruise ship patient

A Coast Guard aircrew airlifted an ill passenger aboard the cruise ship Grand Princess just after it exited the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew members from USCG Air Station Port Angeles share patient information with medics from Airflight Northwest on Monday evening. (Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read/U.S. Coast Guard)

Minimum bid lowered for former Haggen store

The minimum bid for the former Port Angeles Haggen grocery building has been dropped, the president of the company auctioning the shuttered… Continue reading

Park service rescues two hikers

National Park Service back-country rangers and a rescue helicopter crew conducted two successful search and rescue operations for hikers Sunday and… Continue reading

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Researchers to explore Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

A leading research team will explore the Quinault Canyon and other features of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary from Friday through Sept.… Continue reading

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Port Angeles woman jailed after firing through door

A Port Angeles woman was jailed over the weekend after officers said she shot through a door toward her former roommate. Danette… Continue reading

Michael Ray Barbour accepts his Sequim High School diploma from Sequim schools superintendent Gary Neal on Aug. 5. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

A graduation of one: SHS celebrates newest grad thanks to summer school work

No doubt about it — Michael Ray Barbour’s 2017 Sequim High School graduation won’t be soon forgotten. After coming up just short of… Continue reading

Michael Ray Barbour accepts his Sequim High School diploma from Sequim schools superintendent Gary Neal on Aug. 5. Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Water quality to be topic of open house in Brinnon

Residents of East Jefferson County are invited to the county public health department’s open house for the Central Hood Canal Water Quality Project… Continue reading

UPDATE: Port Angeles motorcyclist airlifted from wreck near Hood Canal Bridge

A Port Angeles woman was flown to Harborview Medical Center on Sunday afternoon after her motorcycle rear-ended a Jeep Cherokee on state… Continue reading

American Revolutionary War re-enactor Dennis LeMay of San Diego, Calif., left, oversees a collection of troops in a firearms drill Friday at the third annual Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn near Agnew. The event, which continues today from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., features a collection of re-enactors demonstrating a variety of activities, including life in the 1700s while focusing on the April 19, 1775, “Skirmish on Lexington Green” and the “Battle for Concord Bridge.” (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Northwest Colonial Festival bursts into life at historic George Washington Inn

The third annual Northwest Colonial Festival will wrap today with two landmark events that occurred April 19, 1775: the skirmish on Lexington… Continue reading

American Revolutionary War re-enactor Dennis LeMay of San Diego, Calif., left, oversees a collection of troops in a firearms drill Friday at the third annual Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn near Agnew. The event, which continues today from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., features a collection of re-enactors demonstrating a variety of activities, including life in the 1700s while focusing on the April 19, 1775, “Skirmish on Lexington Green” and the “Battle for Concord Bridge.” (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Bridge closure canceled

Tonight’s scheduled closure of the Hood Canal Bridge has been canceled. Additional night closures — which have been from 11 p.m.to 4 a.m.… Continue reading

Motorcyclist in satisfactory condition after wreck near Quilcene

A Shelton motorcyclist was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center on Saturday after a three-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 101. Timothy… Continue reading

One-boat service returns; damaged MV Salish expected to be out until end of August

One-boat service returns; damaged MV Salish expected to be out until end of August

The Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry route will revert to one-boat service Monday. The MV Salish, which ran aground trying to enter Keystone Harbor… Continue reading

One-boat service returns; damaged MV Salish expected to be out until end of August

Port Angeles man arrested after allegedly pointing loaded assault rifle at passing car

A Port Angeles man will make his first court appearance Monday after he was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly pointing a loaded… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board approves letter requesting dissolution of skills center

Port Angeles School Board approves letter requesting dissolution of skills center

The vote was unanimous, and the tone somber. As they considered a reasons to close the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center (NOPSC)… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board approves letter requesting dissolution of skills center
Port Angeles Waterfront Center concept grows in the planning

Port Angeles Waterfront Center concept grows in the planning

Organizers of the Port Angeles Waterfront Center have responded to community feedback by setting in motion preliminary plans for a larger-capacity downtown… Continue reading

Port Angeles Waterfront Center concept grows in the planning
Fish recolonizing areas upriver of former dam sites on Elwha River

Fish recolonizing areas upriver of former dam sites on Elwha River

Josh Geffre has watched with awe as salmon return to the uppermost reaches of the Elwha River. Geffre, a fisheries technician… Continue reading

Fish recolonizing areas upriver of former dam sites on Elwha River
Two-boat service out of Port Townsend restored for weekend — but may be back to one boat after that while Salish repaired

Two-boat service out of Port Townsend restored for weekend — but may be back to one boat after that while Salish repaired

Two-boat service will be restored for the route between Port Townsend and Whidbey Island for the weekend. The ferry route between Port… Continue reading

Two-boat service out of Port Townsend restored for weekend — but may be back to one boat after that while Salish repaired
Emergency responders, volunteers practice with sea plane

Emergency responders, volunteers practice with sea plane

Jefferson County officials, emergency responders and area volunteers came together for a drill Wednesday for using sea planes to transport people after… Continue reading

Emergency responders, volunteers practice with sea plane
Clallam jail gets perfect score in accreditation review

Clallam jail gets perfect score in accreditation review

With a perfect score in a recent review, the Clallam County jail will become the first county jail in the state to… Continue reading

Clallam jail gets perfect score in accreditation review