Paige Dickerson

Peninsula College student evaluates Peninsula garbage

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula College environmental science student Shea McDonald is getting dirty to help keep the North Olympic Peninsula clean. McDonald is a student… Continue reading

Driver killed in wreck near Joyce

JOYCE - A Port Angeles man died after he crashed into a telephone pole and a tree stump on state Highway 112 on Wednesday. Todd… Continue reading

School officials laud ‘simple majority’ apparent win

North Olympic Peninsula supporters of a measure to allow public school levies to pass with only a simple majority vote are excited by the recent… Continue reading

Arco, Port Angeles’ first K-9 officer dies after stroke

PORT ANGELES - Arco, the first Port Angeles Police Department K-9 officer, has died, city spokesperson Teresa Pierce said on Tuesday. Arco, 12, was euthanized… Continue reading

Fire investigated as possible arson

FORKS - A Sunday fire that destroyed an old control tower at the Quillayute Airport 10 miles from Forks is being investigated as a possible… Continue reading

Helmet saves boy’s life

PORT ANGELES - A helmet saved her son's life, Alice Robbins-Elliott says. She was in her kitchen at Seventh and A streets in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Fire destroys old tower at Quillayute Airport

FORKS - The old control tower at the Quillayute Airport, about 10 miles from Forks, was destroyed in a fire that started about 2:30 a.m.… Continue reading

Soldier focuses on war wound rehabilitation

PORT ANGELES - Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Thayer, 50, had spent nearly a career's worth of time in the National Guard seeing no action. Since… Continue reading

Veterans honored at Coast Guard station, PT

A crowd of about 1,000 gathered to honor veterans at the Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles on Sunday. At the same time, an observance… Continue reading

Forks Aquatic Center supporters out of ideas

FORKS - It's a giant concrete hole in the ground, it's costing money and nobody can figure out what to do with it. Voters rejected… Continue reading

Drug dealer sentenced to 6 years in prison

PORT ANGELES - Bernard Gilbert "Pete" Barnes - who police have described as a major drug dealer - was formally sentenced on Thursday to six… Continue reading

Olympic National Park superintendent to retire

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Park Superintendent Bill Laitner will retire on Jan. 3 after 34 years in the National Park Service. But, he said after… Continue reading

Sequim sends all its sixth-graders to program at Olympic Park Institute

SEQUIM - The first Sequim Middle School class to participate in Olympic Park Institute's residential program came prepared for their first field research experience. All… Continue reading

Woman petitioning for return of cats flees courthouse before being served

PORT ANGELES - A woman from whom nearly three dozen cats were seized in a police raid last month left the courthouse Thursday before she… Continue reading

Dedication of Makah veterans park delayed until May

NEAH BAY - A veterans park overlooking the waterfront on Neah Bay will be formally dedicated May 17, about nine months from original plans. "We… Continue reading

Justice upholds teacher’s firing, but only for insubordination

PORT ANGELES - The firing of a special-education teacher for ignoring Port Angeles School District orders to stay away from the boy she was tutoring… Continue reading

Spook-tacular ghost stories of the Peninsula

Ears are perked to hear those things that go bump in the night on Halloween, a time fit for ghoulish visitors. Some North Olympic Peninsula… Continue reading

Body found in Sol Duc River downstream from truck

FORKS - Amateur divers discovered a man's body in the Sol Duc River late Monday, downstream from where a pickup truck rolled down an embankment… Continue reading

Investigation into cause of Diamond Point plane crash begins

DIAMOND POINT - The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board began investigating Monday why a small plane crashed the day before, killing a… Continue reading

Motorcyclist killed in collision with SUV

SAPPHO - A Mercer Island man riding a motorcycle on state Highway 113 near Burnt Mountain died after colliding with an SUV, the State Patrol… Continue reading