Paige Dickerson

New Year’s Day fire damages Port Angeles home

PORT ANGELES -- A New Year's Day fire in the attic destroyed one guest bedroom and a portion of the attic and roof of a… Continue reading

New Year’s Day fire damages PA home

PORT ANGELES -- A New Year's Day fire in the attic destroyed one guest bedroom and a portion of the attic and roof of a… Continue reading

Meet North Olympic Peninsula’s first newborn of 2011: Eden Marie Holloway

A baby girl born in a Port Hadlock home is the first reported birth of a North Olympic Peninsula baby in 2011. Imri-Lael Holloway, 28,… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles family wrestles with medical bills after child hurt

PORTLAND, Ore. -- In the new year, Jennifer Johnson-Ramos hopes her son won't have to face the multitude of surgeries he had in 2010. Johnson-Ramos,… Continue reading

Hardy jump in chilly water across Peninsula to welcome New Year’s (***Gallery***)

Mark Ostroot heard that all he needed to do to stay warm during annual Polar Bear Plunge was to wear a dry suit. So when… Continue reading

Trap set for black bear at Port Angeles home

PORT ANGELES -- Every night since Christmas Eve, a black bear has wandered into Brad Burkett's backyard. The bear, which Burkett said is an anomaly… Continue reading

Holiday shopping improved in Clallam, lagged in Jefferson, merchants say

The holidays for Clallam County retailers improved this year over last -- perhaps the sign of a slightly improving economy, they say. Store managers and… Continue reading

Pot holder sales help no-kill shelter

PORT ANGELES -- This fundraiser is hot. The group -- which has grown to six women who routinely get together to create pot holders, pet… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles man delivers Christmas gifts in Afghanistan outpost

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- Petty Officer 1st Class James Bowes, 32, a Port Angeles High School graduate, could add a red uniform with white fluffy… Continue reading

Go play in the snow: Hurricane Ridge open over holiday weekends except Christmas Day (***GALLERY***)

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Those new skis, snowshoes or sleds can be tried out at Hurricane Ridge the day after Christmas. Neither the road to… Continue reading

Students hatch colorful artwork on fence to fish for funds

PORT ANGELES -- The fence surrounding The Landing mall is starting to look more and more like something from under the sea. About 10 students… Continue reading

Applications for student aid soar at Peninsula College

Applications for financial aid at Peninsula College have nearly doubled over the course of the past two years, even though enrollment has increased by only… Continue reading

Collector’s Nativity scenes come in all shapes, sizes from throughout world [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES -- The Bible has two versions of the Nativity scene. Sandy Roedell has more than 200. About 37 years ago, Roedell started collecting… Continue reading

Ex-Forks man shot to death in California

TURLOCK, Calif. -- A man who was shot several times and died on a sidewalk in this Central California town formerly lived in Forks. Luis… Continue reading

Oil spill operation in Port Angeles the nation’s biggest-staffed, Chamber of Commerce told

PORT ANGELES -- The three oil spill response teams based in Port Angeles make the spill response operation on the Strait of Juan de Fuca… Continue reading

Port Angeles School Board to mull suggestions to improve district

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School Board will evaluate 47 ideas for action to improve the district, look for common themes and then begin… Continue reading

Tribes’ canoe project is art and an educational tool

PORT ANGELES -- Darrell Charles Jr. rubbed his hand along the side of the 30-foot cedar canoe he's begun and talked proudly about how the… Continue reading

Volunteer steps down but not out in Sequim

SEQUIM -- Betty Barnard, 85, is a volunteer by nature. And though she is giving up her duties as an emergency services volunteer for the… Continue reading

Dicks introduces bill giving some Olympic National Park land to Quileute tribe

LAPUSH -- Congressman Norm Dicks on Thursday introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that, if passed, will transfer 772 acres of Olympic… Continue reading

Peninsula school districts reel from midyear cutbacks as more on the way

The state Legislature's midyear cuts to public schools slash more than $3.74 million from North Olympic Peninsula Schools. "I have never in 33 years of… Continue reading