Paige Dickerson

Peninsula College plans to make parking lot green and more

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College wants to go green on every portion of the campus -- even the parking lot. The parking lot at the… Continue reading

Law enforcement officers carry torch across North Olympic Peninsula for Special Olympics (**Gallery**)

North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officers carried a torch from just west of Port Angeles to the Kitsap County side of the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners change building code appeals process

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to create a new board with a background in construction to replace the hearings examiner in… Continue reading

Quarry on Elwha River gets no exemption

PORT ANGELES -- Owners of the Little River Quarry have 21 days to appeal a Clallam County commissioners' decision on Tuesday not to grant an… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s new tree-rimmed Maier Hall on a growth spurt (**Gallery**)

PORT ANGELES -- When the last concrete pour is finished this week, the load-bearing walls for the massive 61,750-square-foot Maier Hall on Peninsula College's Port… Continue reading

High-speed chase up Hurricane Ridge Road ends with arrest

PORT ANGELES -- After a high-speed chase up winding Hurricane Ridge Road early Tuesday morning, Port Angeles police officers and a police dog captured a… Continue reading

Old Forks High School walls to start coming down this month

FORKS -- The walls of the older portions of Forks High School will begin to come down this month. A committee overseeing the construction of… Continue reading

Canine herder star at Shepherds Festival in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Six years ago, Becky Northaven's life changed. She adopted a border collie named Katie from a California shelter. "They had told me that… Continue reading

Marine family highlights Memorial Day ceremony in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Honoring the fallen on Memorial Day is second nature to retired Gunnery Sgt. Thomas W. Flanik. His whole family has revolved around… Continue reading

Freshwater Bay barn accepted into state registry

FRESHWATER BAY -- As she nears 90 years, Lou Lawrence wants to make sure her organic farm is preserved for the future. This month she… Continue reading

Victoria Express fetes 20 years of passenger ferry service

PORT ANGELES -- To celebrate Victoria Express' 20th anniversary, owner Jack Harmon thought about a lot of ways to mark the occasion -- a contest,… Continue reading

Port Angeles veteran builds schools in Vietnam

PORT ANGELES -- John Nutting thinks of his work building schools in Vietnam as a kind of healing. It's healing between the nations after the… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles marina rates to hold for two years

PORT ANGELES -- Port of Port Angeles commissioners told their staff Monday to return at the June 14 meeting with paperwork to hold marina rates… Continue reading

Port Angeles couple’s daughter picked among first women on subs

PORT ANGELES -- When the first women are commissioned onto submarines in the near future, a Port Angeles couple will stand proud as their daughter… Continue reading

Knifepoint robbery, assault follow late-night call that lures victim to city park

PORT ANGELES -- A man was robbed at knife point and assaulted by four men late Saturday night after he went to a Port Angeles… Continue reading

Museum, shoe store focus of ghost group’s Saturday investigation

PORT ANGELES -- A shadowy figure, footsteps and whispering voices are among the phenomena a ghost hunting team will look for in video and audio… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Lower Elwha Klallam’s Hopie returns to help community

PORT ANGELES -- Linty Hopie spends her life dealing in connections. In her job as entrepreneurship coordinator for Peninsula College's Entrepreneur Institute, she connects fledgling… Continue reading

Annual duck derby swims in Sunday to benefit hospital, Rotary charities

PORT ANGELES -- Ready, set, duck! During a "quacky" kind of contest at the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby on Sunday, 42 prizes worth more… Continue reading

What’s underneath: Geology prof looks for Port Angeles’ original shoreline

PORT ANGELES -- A 10-day study of portions of the waterfront will help map the original shoreline of Port Angeles and help archaeologists make educated… Continue reading

Rural health care prescription offered at Port Angeles chamber meeting

PORT ANGELES -- The public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties wants their communities to pull together to create a local, effective system of… Continue reading