Paige Dickerson

Committee of three council members to work on Port Angeles city manager replacement

PORT ANGELES — Mayor Gary Braun has appointed three City Council members to a committee to consider options for filling the city manager position Mark… Continue reading

Port Angeles city manager resigns, cites council rifts

PORT ANGELES — Mark Madsen has quit his job as city manager, citing a "hostile work environment." Madsen announced his resignation in a letter addressed… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula jails, Clallam Bay prison struggle with soaring food prices

Supervisors of North Olympic Peninsula jails and the state's Clallam Bay Correctional Facility are struggling with high food prices — and bracing for costs to… Continue reading

City manager’s memos allege deep rifts on Port Angeles City Council

PORT ANGELES — The city manager alleges that the seven-member City Council shows an "increasingly open and destructive display of disrespect for fellow council members."… Continue reading

Demolition Derby to smash cars to smithereens during Forks’ Fourth of July celebration

FORKS — Forks is ready for a smashing good time. The Demolition Derby — one of the highlights of the Forks Old-Fashioned Fourth of July… Continue reading

Peninsula College students create nuclear fusion

PORT ANGELES — Six Peninsula College students put their heads together on how to force particles together and created nuclear fusion. That's fusion, not fission.… Continue reading

Sequim woman, 80, hurt in dump truck collision

CARLSBORG — An 80-year-old Sequim woman was injured when her car and a dump truck collided at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Parkwood… Continue reading

Motorcyclist killed in wreck might have been traveling 100 mph

CARLSBORG — A Sequim man died when he crashed his motorcycle — possibly at 100 mph — into the rear of a car traveling in… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Port Townsend to have tall ships visiting today

Port Angeles and Port Townsend get up close and personal today with many tall ships visiting their harbors en route from one festival to another.… Continue reading

Grief counselor attends road workers affected by death of flagger

BEAVER — Lakeside Industries is bringing in counselors for employees who knew Lynette Marie Anderson of Beaver to help them cope with the loss of… Continue reading

Mock battles, children’s games, and 24 tall ships on parade in Victoria on Thursday

VICTORIA — Two dozen tall ships will sail into Victoria's Inner Harbour for the Victoria Tall Ships Society festival Thursday through Sunday, which is expected… Continue reading

A movie star makes a fashionably late entrance

PORT ANGELES — It might have been a few days late, but the HMS Bounty made a movie star's fashionable appearance at Port Angeles Harbor… Continue reading

Art Outside display to open with new pieces today

PORT ANGELES — Artists have been snuggling new projects in Webster's Woods as they prepare for the summer opening of the Art Outside display at… Continue reading

Forks logging tour shows off history of the West End

FORKS — Machines toss trees, clipping the ends and shaving off the branches as if they were toothpicks. It is just one of the sites… Continue reading

Employment panel sides with Forks in case brought by former police sergeant

FORKS — Sexual harassment charges brought by a former Forks police sergeant aren't sufficient to prompt state charges, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has decided.… Continue reading

Fire destroys mobile home near Log Cabin Resort

A double-wide mobile home owned by the Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent was destroyed in a fire early Wednesday. Nobody was in the 12-by… Continue reading

Forester criticizes Olympic National Forest practices

PORT ANGELES — Management practices of Olympic National Forest need to be updated, professional forester Glenn Wiggins told a business audience on Monday. "The impacts… Continue reading

Remember this face: Port Angeles man will have role in upcoming movie, ‘Pineapple Express’

PORT ANGELES — Arthur Napiontek wants to keep people rolling in the aisles. The 20-year-old former Port Angeles High School student left for Los Angeles… Continue reading

Elementary students visit marine life center

PORT ANGELES — As classes began to wrap up last week, fourth and fifth graders at Port Angeles School District had a chance to know… Continue reading

Festival to feature music of all types

PORT ANGELES — Max Mania dreamed of a concert where both parents and their children could enjoy themselves. His dream will come to life this… Continue reading