Paige Dickerson

Forks City Council agrees to bolster skate park funds with $16,000 if funds cannot be raised

FORKS — Tillicum Park could have a skate park by the end of the year, if funding and contracts go as planned. The Forks Session… Continue reading

Forks City Council to fund mayor’s legal costs in case she’s targeted for recall

FORKS — The Forks City Council voted unanimously Monday night to pay for legal costs to defend Mayor Nedra Reed should she be the target… Continue reading

Planned Clallam PUD electricity rate increase could be offset

PORT ANGELES — Wholesale rate decreases and possible refunds from Bonneville Power Administration could offset proposed Clallam County Public Utility District rate increases — if… Continue reading

‘Twilight’ to film one or two days in LaPush

LAPUSH — One or two days of filming of the upcoming movie "Twilight" will take place at First Beach in LaPush in the next several… Continue reading

Sequim woman hears ‘come on down!’ on hit TV show

SEQUIM — Hyped-up music. A roaring crowd. And then the words she had hoped for "Gloria Tweter . . . come on down!" Gloria and… Continue reading

Forks firings head toward arbitration

FORKS — City officials have received letters from the Teamsters Union appealing the terminations of three Forks Police Department employees, and will set arbitration dates… Continue reading

Biomass boiler close to reality for Quillayute Valley School District

FORKS — A biomass boiler project could be a reality for Quillayute Valley School District, if everything goes as planned. The boiler would help heat… Continue reading

Study finds Port Angeles enrollment to dip about another 100 students

PORT ANGELES — A demographic study has determined that enrollment will continue to decline at the Port Angeles schools through about 2013, when it will… Continue reading

Roadside memorial placed by classmates for dead teens

FORKS — About 30 people expressed their grief through a roadside memorial Monday while the State Patrol investigated who was driving when a single-car crash… Continue reading

Longtime KPly employees wonder about next step

PORT ANGELES — Employees of the KPly Inc. plywood mill say they are in limbo in the wake of Friday's 60-day layoff notice from the… Continue reading

Two teens die in car crash, third in serious condition

FORKS — A combination of intoxicants and no seat belts turned deadly for two teenagers on U.S. Highway 101 early Sunday, state troopers said. Naomi… Continue reading

Family never thought killer in murder-suicide would have guns

PORT ANGELES —  Nobody had any idea a deteriorated relationship could result in murder-suicide, the mother of a woman shot to death by a former… Continue reading

Woman slain in murder-suicide sought protection order from shooter only five days earlier

PORT ANGELES — A 35-year-old mother of two who was killed by her ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide wrote only last week that she was afraid… Continue reading

Man who killed ex-girlfriend, self convicted of stalking in 1995

PORT ANGELES — The man who on Sunday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend — a mother of two — and then killed himself apparently had… Continue reading

Slain woman was Port Angeles substitute teacher; grief counselors at elementary school

PORT ANGELES — Four grief counselors were stationed at Jefferson Elementary School on Monday to help students and staff cope with Sunday's shooting death of… Continue reading

Two found dead in Port Angeles home (including Port Angeles Police Department news release)

PORT ANGELES — Two people were found shot dead at a Port Angeles home Sunday — apparently a woman and her ex-boyfriend, Police Chief Terry… Continue reading

Skills center reaches state enrollment requirement, ponders ways to stay there

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center reached the state's enrollment requirement in February after falling below the requirement last year and in… Continue reading

Cover your mouth and wash your hands: Peak time this week or next for flu season

PORT ANGELES — This week and next will probably be the peak time of the season for influenza, Clallam-Jefferson Health Officer Tom Locke told the… Continue reading

Crescent levy on its way to passing with a 62% ‘supermajority’ it doesn’t need

JOYCE — A four-year maintenance and operations tax levy for Crescent School District was well on its way to victory Tuesday night after 680 ballots… Continue reading

McCain, Obama leading in Clallam and Jefferson primaries

Partisan voters in Clallam and Jefferson counties showed Tuesday that they're not much different than their fellow voters elsewhere. Republican voters favored front-runner John McCain,… Continue reading