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Steve Johanson (44), an all-Olympic basketball player for Port Angeles High School, went on to play at Central Washington, leading the Wildcats to the elite eight in the NAIA national tournament in the 1970s.

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ROUGHRIDERS HALL OF FAME (Updated): Nine added to the hall in class of 2025

Updated with more online photos

Alan Morales, East Jefferson soccer.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Alan Morales, East Jefferson soccer

The East Jefferson boys soccer team is off to a great start this season with a 5-0 shutout…

Chris Hartman of the Sub Alpine Tees Team hands off the crocheted yellow banana slug baton to teammate Jon Cummings. Fellow teammates cheer on the runners at the Port Angeles Yacht Club Club exchange station Saturday. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PENINSULA ADVENTURE SPORTS: 84 teams, 11 Iron individuals take on Frosty Moss

PORT ANGELES — The Frosty Moss lived up to its billing with some heavy rains and typical Olympic…

Forks’ Luke Dahlgren will be on hand for a youth football camp in Forks put on July 5 by Seattle Seahawks coach Neiko Thorpe.

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AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Seahawks’ Thorpe, Forks’ Dahlgren to head football camp

FORKS — Seattle Seahawks defensive and special teams coach Neiko Thorpe will be holding the second annual EZZZ…

Sequim City Council members will discuss March 24 how the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display, pictured in 2022, impacts wildlife and residents. Local advocates made the request to council members in February to stop the fireworks display and move the drone show away from wildlife habitat at Carrie Blake Community Park. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group file)

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Sequim City Council to discuss fireworks

Grassroots group advocates for changes

Interact Club members fill jugs and buckets in the Dungeness River for the annual Walk for Water event on March 1. They walk about 4 miles roundtrip to symbolize how far some people must go for drinking water. They raised more than $5,000 to help build a well in a Ghana village. (John Pehrson)

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Sequim High students raise money through Walk for Water

Interact Club helps fund another well in Ghana

Rick Dickinson.

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Clallam County Habitat for Humanity chosen for pilot program

Liaison part of efforts to address tribal communites’ needs

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

Jeannine Vaughn of Carlsborg looks a gems and jewelry at a display table operated by Steve Morgan of Joyce-based Lil’ Log Cabin Creations on Saturday at the Clallam County Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The show, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association, brought together rock enthusiasts with vendor booths and demonstrations highlighting the hobby. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gem show

Jeannine Vaughn of Carlsborg looks a gems and jewelry at a display table operated by Steve Morgan of…

L-R Susan Hillgren, Director of The Answer for Youth, Rotarians Steve Zenovic and Jason Grice working on a project at TAFY along with Bill Koenig, Rotarian and General Manager of Koenig Subaru, Alma Meyrick, Koenig Subaru and Vivian Hansen, Peninsula Daily News.

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Sock drive

Koenig Subaru recently donated hundreds of pairs of sock to The Answer For Youth for community members in…

East Jefferson's Jameson Henery, 7, races Port Angeles Roughrider Jacob Weaver for control of the ball during a non-league game on Saturday at Memorial Field in Port Townsend. The Rivals scored two late goals to win 3-2. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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PREP SOCCER: East Jefferson rallies with two late goals to beat Port Angeles

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Angeles boys soccer team twice had leads against East Jefferson but the Rivals…

Forks' Avery Dilley prepares to pitch in a doubleheader Friday at Sequim. The Spartans won both games of the doubleheader. (Emily Mathiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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PREP SOFTBALL, BASEBALL: Forks, Port Angeles girls each sweep

SEQUIM — The Forks girls softball team got fives hits and a pair of home runs from Avery…

Milan Pohl of Port Angeles points out the features of a greenhouse he built to cover a portion of his plot at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. Pohl said on Friday that the greenhouse and a twin structure on an adjoining bed would be used to grow eggplant, peppers and other heat-loving plants. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community garden plot

Milan Pohl of Port Angeles points out the features of a greenhouse he built to cover a portion…

Crime & Justice

Deputies: Sting results in arrest in complex scam

Sequim woman provides total of $125,000, Sheriff’s Office says

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Port Angeles school board sets enrollment number for new academic year

Figure to have direct impact on state funding

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Nominations open for Community Service awards

Forms due March 25; event scheduled for May 1

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Influenza numbers trending down in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Public health officer says it’s not too late for vaccine

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NOAA lease in Port Angeles on list of terminations

PORT ANGELES — A lease held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Port Angeles is among…

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Short-term rentals, Fort Worden discussed next week

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Tyler Leisten.

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Leisten gradutes from basic law enforcement academy

PORT ANGELES — Tyler Leisten has graduated from the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy at the Criminal…