Paige Dickerson

Peninsula College weighs staff, service cuts

PORT ANGELES -- The Peninsula College plans to shave $1.5 million -- or 10 percent of this year's state operating funds -- from the next… Continue reading

Forks school bond leading by a hair; Quillayute Valley levy passing

FORKS -- A bond to rebuild portions of the 1925 Forks High School was leading by a sliver, and a two-year maintenance and operations levy… Continue reading

Peninsula College throws Darwin 200th birthday bash over six days

PORT ANGELES -- A group of North Olympic Peninsula residents and Peninsula College will celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday by celebrating science. The events leading… Continue reading

Harbor rules change for small boats

PORT ANGELES -- No small boat can remain in Port Angeles Harbor for longer than 30 days, the state Department of Natural Resources says. Ongoing… Continue reading

Sinking boat to become Port Angeles’ problem

PORT ANGELES -- On Feb. 16, Franklin Gasper's sinking boat will become the public's problem. That's when the Montana Drifter, a 36-foot boat that has… Continue reading

Boat track owners plow through red tape in west Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Sprint boats could be racing through tight turns at 80 mph on a North Olympic Peninsula course by May, if all goes… Continue reading

Clallam Bay prison on lockdown

CLALLAM BAY -- Clallam Bay Corrections Center was put on lockdown Wednesday morning after officers found contraband in the medium-security unit late Tuesday. The contraband… Continue reading

Suspect in Sekiu shoot-out escorted from Harborview

A man who was wounded during a Jan. 19 shoot-out with a Clallam County deputy was released from a Seattle hospital on Wednesday afternoon and… Continue reading

Talks continue on shuttered mill

PORT ANGELES -- Negotiations continue on a possible purchase of the shuttered KPly mill, and an auction to sell the buildings and machinery remains on… Continue reading

Wounded deputy discharged from hospital, but suspect recuperates under guard

SEKIU -- A Clallam County sheriff's deputy who was shot twice by an apparent squatter in a beachfront cabin Monday went home to Forks on… Continue reading

Accordion to custom: Instrument enthusiasts gather at social

SEQUIM -- A group of musicians was swaying to the bellows of its own tunes. The accordion social drew on Sunday about 50 enthusiasts of… Continue reading

Crime solution: New gas cap for Bella’s pickup truck

FORKS -- No one knows where the old gas cap off Bella Swan's pickup truck went, but the 1952 Chevrolet has a new one. The… Continue reading

Sheriff’s deputy, alleged assailant wounded in Sekiu-area shoot-out

SEKIU -- A Clallam County sheriff's deputy was wounded Monday in a shoot-out with an apparent squatter at a beachfront cabin along state Highway 112… Continue reading

Clallam deputy shot west of Sekiu

SEKIU — A Clallam County sheriff's deputy was injured in a shooting in which a suspect also was injured between Sekiu and Neah Bay about… Continue reading

Fundraiser helps couple repair fire-damaged house

PORT ANGELES -- Family and friends of Terri and Woody Bertelson were rocking out to help them out on Sunday. The Bertelsons' Joyce home was… Continue reading

Quiet winter trip offers lustrous views of West End coastline

LAPUSH -- The crashing waves are sometimes the only company for a visitor to Second Beach's solitary shores in the winter. At high tide, waves… Continue reading

Air of mystery added to ‘Twilight’: Bella’s pickup gas cap stolen in Forks

FORKS -- Somebody has pilfered the gas cap off the town's fictional heroine's pickup. Forks Chamber of Commerce officials think it was an overly-zealous fan… Continue reading

Ballots mailed for Quillayute Valley bond and levy measures

FORKS -- Ballots have been mailed to 3,005 Forks-area voters, asking them to approve Quillayute Valley School District's maintenance and operations levy and bond issues.… Continue reading

Golden visit to West End: Olympic medalist Mills shares time with students

FORKS -- An Olympic champion brought a message of inspiration to West End children this week. Billy Mills, now 70, won an Olympic gold medal… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles moves ahead with wooing NOAA

PORT ANGELES -- The Port of Port Angeles commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a contract with consultant Reid Middleton to help prepare a proposal to… Continue reading