Paige Dickerson

Owner at a loss on how to remove boat beached in Port Angeles during winds

PORT ANGELES -- Doug Zimmerman doesn't know how he will move his 46-foot grounded sailboat, his childhood home, from Hollywood Beach. Zimmerman's boat, the Esther… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council officially hires city manager; contract pays $150,000 annually

PORT ANGELES -- Kent Myers was sworn in as city manager after the City Council approved his contract on Tuesday. He will take over on… Continue reading

‘Bubble’ remains on hold, advocate says

PORT ANGELES -- The group Friends of the Fieldhouse is pressing to find a way to persuade the public and City Council that Erickson Park… Continue reading

$2 million in salmon restoration grants announced

North Olympic Peninsula salmon restoration organizations have been awarded a combined $2 million in grants from the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board for eight projects.… Continue reading

Video reveals cause of death at ATM: It was an accident, police say

PORT ANGELES -- Bank surveillance video showed that freak accident killed a 65-year-old motorist using a bank's ATM drive-through lane. The woman died when her… Continue reading

Peninsula weathers the weather

Snow had not caused any major traffic snarls on the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday, but all areas were bracing for the cold days ahead.… Continue reading

Police say ATM death accidental

PORT ANGELES -- Police remained perplexed by the death of a Port Angeles woman who was found dead at a bank drive-up on Saturday but… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley schools to seek bond issue along with levy in February

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley School District will place two measures on the ballot in a Feb. 2 special election. In addition to a two-year… Continue reading

Forks City Council passes ‘bare bones’ budget for 2009

FORKS -- The city of Forks passed a "bare bones" 2009 budget this week that includes a hiring freeze in the Police Department that will… Continue reading

Peninsula College awaits word on how deep cutbacks will be in 2009

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College administrators are waiting on the edges of their seats for the governor's proposed budget to be released later this month.… Continue reading

Goofy games raise $4,000 for Clallam’s United Way campaign

PORT ANGELES -- Over-the-top games and goofy antics raised $4,000 for the United Way campaign at the second annual Outrageous Olympics. The games -- ranging… Continue reading

Ousted Port of Port Angeles deputy director hired back into new economic development director position

PORT ANGELES -- In a surprise move, David Hagiwara, who was ousted in September as the Port of Port Angeles deputy executive director, has been… Continue reading

Festival of Trees auction in Forks earns almost $6,000

FORKS -- The annual Festival of Trees in Forks auction Sunday netted nearly $6,000, according to preliminary numbers. The festival, sponsored by the Soroptimist International… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley School District weighs options for extending maintenance and operations levy

FORKS -- The Quillayute Valley School Board will consider putting a two-year maintenance and operations levy before voters when it meets on Tuesday, chairman Bill… Continue reading

Quillayute Valley School District might owe state $1.25 million, auditor says

FORKS -- Quillayute Valley School District will have to repay the state $1.25 million, if the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction upholds a… Continue reading

West End event slated to help purchase gifts for children

LAPUSH -- Christmas shopping and Christmas giving will be the themes of the eighth annual Cherish Our Children festival at the A-Ka-Lat Center on the… Continue reading

Still no sign of Gardiner fisherman presumed dead

GARDINER -- The Coast Guard said Sunday it will continue to investigate the cause of an Oregon boat capsizing that has left a North Olympic… Continue reading

From sand to the sea, Santa all over the North Olympic Peninsula starting today

Santa is coming to town all over the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend and next. Santa will be available at 6:30 p.m. today at The… Continue reading

KPly equipment set for auction; last-ditch effort to save plywood mill under way

PORT ANGELES -- A prospective owner of the shuttered KPly mill on Marine Drive is making a last-ditch effort to save the mill from an… Continue reading

Thanksgiving dinner a token of gratitude for woman with cancer

PORT ANGELES -- Reath Ellefson can't imagine a better way to spend what may be her last Thanksgiving than serving eight turkeys and all the… Continue reading