Paige Dickerson

Forks police chief candidate interviews next week

FORKS -- Four candidates for the Forks police chief post will be interviewed Monday and Tuesday next week. Originally, six candidates were offered interviews, but… Continue reading

Peninsula College enrollment hits record high

PORT ANGELES -- Enrollment for Peninsula College is at a record level. Peninsula College President Tom Keegan told about 100 people at the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioners to raise levy 1 percent

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles commissioners decided Monday in a divided vote to raise the amount of property tax the port levies… Continue reading

Proposed levy topic of Quillayute Valley School Board meeting tonight

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School Board will discuss tonight a two-year replacement maintenance and operations levy that it hopes to place on the Feb. 8… Continue reading

Business owners discuss past days in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Two longtime Port Angeles residents reminisced about adventures in business through the years at a Sunday History Tales event. Bill Bork, owner… Continue reading

Cape Flattery schools get $515,000 grant

A $515,000 grant will allow Cape Flattery School District to provide students in the first through eighth grades with an after-school program, beginning Monday. The… Continue reading

Tonight’s Outrageous Olympics calls for special sets of skills

PORT ANGELES -- To take top honors at tonight's Outrageous Olympics, the 12 teams will have to be good with brooms, cell phones and know… Continue reading

Strategies discussed as daily winter access to Hurricane Ridge Road nears

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Beginning in about mid-December, Hurricane Ridge Road will be open daily, weather permitting, and public transportation options are under discussion to… Continue reading

Kelly, Freedman hopeful for victory in Clallam prosecutor’s race

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly held a healthy margin over challenger Larry Freedman Tuesday night, receiving 52.74 percent of the vote.… Continue reading

Outrageous Olympics to raise funds for United Way in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- Twelve teams from Port Angeles will go to inordinate lengths to raise money for United Way of Clallam County. The Outrageous Olympics,… Continue reading

A joyful century for Port Angeles centenarian

PORT ANGELES -- For Dorothy Waters, 100, of Port Angeles, the secret to a long life is a happy one. "I've just never been depressed,"… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School choir for hire; funds will be used for trip to NYC

PORT ANGELES -- The fundraising for the Port Angeles High School choir should be music to the community's ears this holiday season. The choir, which… Continue reading

HALLOWEEN IN CLALLAM: Voices, footsteps that can’t be explained

Purported ghostly residents don't necessarily wait for Halloween, the spookiest day of the year, to come out. At the Museum at the Carnegie at 207… Continue reading

Neah Bay, Forks high schools win awards of distinction

NEAH BAY -- Two North Olympic Peninsula high schools have been given the statewide School of Distinction Award for their improvement on state assessment tests.… Continue reading

Walmart grand opening draws hundreds in pep rally atmosphere (**Gallery**)

PORT ANGELES -- Leading up to the moment the doors slid open at the new Walmart Supercenter in Port Angeles on Wednesday, the festivities resembled… Continue reading

Lanky, 20-foot-tall Welcome Pole raised at Peninsula College (**Video**)

PORT ANGELES -- A dozen tribal members from throughout the North Olympic Peninsula lifted a Welcome Pole into place at the Peninsula College Longhouse on… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles considering whether to raise property tax levy

PORT ANGELES -- Port of Port Angeles commissioners are considering whether to raise the 2011 property tax levy by 1 percent or forgo the funds… Continue reading

Motorcyclists raise $5,600 for charity with toy run

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County Mothers Club's 19th annual Biker Toy Run on Saturday was deemed a roaring success despite weather threats and slightly… Continue reading

Popular Forks art center gains grant to fix leaky roof

FORKS -- A $30,000 grant to the Rainforest Art Center in Forks should help keep patrons and entertainers dry -- at least while in the… Continue reading

Visitor bureau chief hopes to gain more Peninsula tourists from China

PORT ANGELES -- Potential Chinese tourists look at photos of the stunning vistas of the North Olympic Peninsula and see a place where they can… Continue reading