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Senior Sophia Petta spikes the ball against Annie Wright on Monday night in Chimacum. It was Petta's final home match for the Rivals and she responded with 44 digs. (Courtesy of Carrie Beebe)

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson and Forks volleyball win

East Jefferson came away with a 3-1 (25-14, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23) win over Annie Wright, finishing the regular season with two wins out… Continue reading

Senior Sophia Petta spikes the ball against Annie Wright on Monday night in Chimacum. It was Petta's final home match for the Rivals and she responded with 44 digs. (Courtesy of Carrie Beebe)
Brandon Morales was the winner of the Salt Creek 24 Last Man Standing competition this weekend. In the Last Man Standing, 13 competitors ran up and back down the 3.7-mile trail to the top of 1,100-foot Striped Peak adjacent to the Salt Creek Recreation Area. Morales ran 66.6 miles, climbing 19,000 vertical and went nonstop for nearly 17 hours to win. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Shrout)

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Last Man Standing went 66 miles and 19,000 vertical feet

Brandon Morales won this year’s Last Man Standing event, part of Peninsula Adventure Sports’ Salt Creek 24. In the Last Man Standing,… Continue reading

Brandon Morales was the winner of the Salt Creek 24 Last Man Standing competition this weekend. In the Last Man Standing, 13 competitors ran up and back down the 3.7-mile trail to the top of 1,100-foot Striped Peak adjacent to the Salt Creek Recreation Area. Morales ran 66.6 miles, climbing 19,000 vertical and went nonstop for nearly 17 hours to win. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Shrout)
Rosemary Gala Moorhead, already a member of the Peninsula College Athletic Hall of Fame, was recently inducted into the Salpointe Catholic School Sports Hall of Fame in Tucson, Ariz.

PENINSULA COLLEGE: Retired teacher inducted into her high school’s hall of fame

Rosemary Gala Moorhead, a longtime Peninsula College instructor and already a member of the Peninsula College Athletic Hall of Fame, was inducted… Continue reading

Rosemary Gala Moorhead, already a member of the Peninsula College Athletic Hall of Fame, was recently inducted into the Salpointe Catholic School Sports Hall of Fame in Tucson, Ariz.
Residents of Halloween Town await your arrival, if you dare, at this yard on the corner of Quimper Lane and Chimacum Creek Road in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Residents of Halloween Town await your arrival, if you dare, at this yard on the corner of Quimper Lane and Chimacum Creek Road in Port Hadlock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Federal case dismissed against Jefferson County

Prosecutor says office ‘vindicated’ by decision

McKinley paper mill still hoping to reopen

Public safety facility potentially relocating

PASD is hopeful about its bond, levy

Safety, security at buildings, officials say

Port Hadlock man arrested on investigation of drug possession

A Port Hadlock man was arrested on investigation of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after a routine traffic… Continue reading

Forks’ Noah Foster runs down the sideline against Raymond-South Bend at Spartan Stadium on Friday night. Forks won 35-8. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP FOOTBALL RECAP: Forks uses fast start to snap streak

Neah Bay crushes Tulalip Heritage to win Northwest 1B League

Forks’ Noah Foster runs down the sideline against Raymond-South Bend at Spartan Stadium on Friday night. Forks won 35-8. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

Two men arrested following attempted robbery

Two men were arrested and Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies are working to identify a third person following an alleged robbery and assault at… Continue reading

Melissa Doyel’s “Floral Footing” is on exhibit at the Blue Whole Gallery.

Venues open for First Friday Art Walk in November

First Friday Art Walk will celebrate autumn with a brown-themed walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at various venues in downtown… Continue reading

Melissa Doyel’s “Floral Footing” is on exhibit at the Blue Whole Gallery.
Dan Greer (32) was the individual winner of the Salt Creek 24 at the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of Port Angeles. He went 107.8 total miles. Also running in the race are Jennifer Jones (46) and Samanth Carrel (16). (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)

PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: Toughest of the tough take on the 24 hours at Salt Creek

Through rain, shine and the dark of night, more than 100 individuals and team members ran and walked around the Salt Creek… Continue reading

Dan Greer (32) was the individual winner of the Salt Creek 24 at the Salt Creek Recreation Area west of Port Angeles. He went 107.8 total miles. Also running in the race are Jennifer Jones (46) and Samanth Carrel (16). (Matt Sagen/Cascadia Films)
Mariah Traband, Port Angeles soccer and Arianna Stovall, Sequim volleyball.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Mariah Traband, Port Angeles soccer and Arianna Stovall, Sequim volleyball

Last week saw some outstanding performances in Sequim and Port Angeles from girls helping their respective teams make pushes to the postseason. In Sequim, Arianna… Continue reading

Mariah Traband, Port Angeles soccer and Arianna Stovall, Sequim volleyball.
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Peninsula's Caleb Rolo, center, makes a sliding tackle on Shoreline's Hamza Askour as teammate Konrad Muller looks on during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Peninsula's Caleb Rolo, center, makes a sliding tackle on Shoreline's Hamza Askour as teammate Konrad Muller looks on during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.
A line of colorful witches hats is strung between autumn trees in the 300 block of west 10th street in west Port Angeles.  dlogan

Autumn magic in Port Angeles

A line of colorful witch hats is strung between autumn trees in the 300 block of west 10th street in west Port Angeles.… Continue reading

A line of colorful witches hats is strung between autumn trees in the 300 block of west 10th street in west Port Angeles.  dlogan
Wendy Sisk, CEO for Peninsula Behavioral Health, and Clallam County commissioner Randy Johnson cut a ribbon with the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 16 for PBH’s first transitional house in Sequim. County funds helped pay for the refurbished home for five adults. (Peninsula Behavioral Health)

Behavioral Health to offer transitional home in Sequim

Former office will provide services for five adults

Wendy Sisk, CEO for Peninsula Behavioral Health, and Clallam County commissioner Randy Johnson cut a ribbon with the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 16 for PBH’s first transitional house in Sequim. County funds helped pay for the refurbished home for five adults. (Peninsula Behavioral Health)
Marylaura Ramponi donates a $500,000 check on Oct. 17 to Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels for the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, a vocational building at Sequim High School. The check was made in honor of Marylaura’s husband Louie, as it would have been his 89th birthday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Donor provides $500K for CTE

Sequim woman to match funds in March

Marylaura Ramponi donates a $500,000 check on Oct. 17 to Sequim School District superintendent Regan Nickels for the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence, a vocational building at Sequim High School. The check was made in honor of Marylaura’s husband Louie, as it would have been his 89th birthday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Tribal leaders, health providers and supporters stand for a ceremonial ground breaking on Oct. 19 for The Jamestown Evaluation and Treatment Center, a 20,000-square-foot, 16-bed treatment center for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Tribe breaks ground on psychiatric treatment facility

Leaders anticipate receiving permit to build soon

Tribal leaders, health providers and supporters stand for a ceremonial ground breaking on Oct. 19 for The Jamestown Evaluation and Treatment Center, a 20,000-square-foot, 16-bed treatment center for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading

Quilcene’s Robert Evans (3) barely evades the flying tackle of Crescent’s Mikah Love (12). Evans had two 60-yard touchdown runs on the day. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

PREP FOOTBALL: Quilcene wins shootout with Crescent

The Quilcene Rangers football team put themselves in position to finish second in the Northwest 1B League by getting off to a fast… Continue reading

Quilcene’s Robert Evans (3) barely evades the flying tackle of Crescent’s Mikah Love (12). Evans had two 60-yard touchdown runs on the day. Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News