Paige Dickerson

New commanding officer takes helm of Port Angeles Coast Guard Group/Air Station

PORT ANGELES - Capt. Mark J. D'Andrea handed over command of Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles on Monday to a new commanding officer, Capt.… Continue reading

7-year-old girl going strong five years after heart transplant

PORT ANGELES - Energetic and dramatic Haille Alley Jackson is like any other 7-year-old. She hops around from watching "Babe: Pig in the City," to… Continue reading

On Father’s Day, these dads are real DOPES

PORT ANGELES - The rule is: no women taller than four feet. Dads and Offspring Playing Everywhere - otherwise known as DOPES - was started… Continue reading

Peninsula College opens ‘world class’ science and technology building

PORT ANGELES - Peninsula College flung open the doors to its $22 million science and technology building Thursday. A ribbon cutting ceremony preceded an afternoon… Continue reading

Infant home again after early birth, heart surgeries

PORT ANGELES - Caydence Barnett, nicknamed Supergirl, is home. About a dozen family and friends greeted Caydence and her parents, Chris and Tiffany Barnett, on… Continue reading

Port Angeles Schools prepare for big moves

PORT ANGELES - Maintenance, custodial and other crews are preparing for a summer of moves throughout the Port Angeles School District. Roosevelt Middle School will… Continue reading

Port Townsend ferry service back on schedule when second boat returns

PORT TOWNSEND - Two-boat ferry service for the Port Townsend-Keystone route resumed on Saturday after it had operated with only one ferry for more than… Continue reading

School to hold 100-year celebration, then close

PORT ANGELES - When Violet Winters Grall, 84, was a student at Fairview School, it had only two rooms. The different classes were defined by… Continue reading

Juan de Fuca Festival of Arts continues today

PORT ANGELES - The first time he heard the drums, he felt the calling to play. Russel Baba and Jeanne Mercer have been playing taiko… Continue reading

Farewell tea for Roosevelt Middle School to bear recollection of Teddy

PORT ANGELES - A good-bye tea is planned in June at Roosevelt Middle School to remember it before it becomes an elementary school. The "Remembering… Continue reading

Students learn sobering lessons with Grim Reaper program

PORT ANGELES - When police officers told Mary Peterson and Pete McCue that their daughter Amy had been killed by a drunken driver, they knew… Continue reading

Port Angeles man wins truck at Duck Derby

PORT ANGELES - When David Charles got a phone call saying that his duck came in first, he thought it was a prank call. Charles,… Continue reading

Chapter 11 protection hearing for Port Townsend Paper postponed

PORT TOWNSEND - A hearing that could have informed more than 65 unsecured creditors how much Port Townsend Paper Corp. will pay them was rescheduled… Continue reading

Bra project uplifting for Relay for Life Team

PORT ANGELES - The Crestwood Convalescent Center's Relay for Life team was looking for a way to support the cause. The team settled on a… Continue reading

Port Angeles firm wins first prize in business competition

PORT ANGELES - The Remediators Inc. won $4,000 Thursday in the Entrepreneur Challenge business plan competition, which was open to new businesses and business concepts… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools superintendent spends week at Defense installations on other side of world

PORT ANGELES - Fewer than 24 hours after returning from a trip which spanned more than 18,000 miles worldwide, Port Angeles School Superintendent Gary Cohn… Continue reading

Montana educator pulls out of running for Sequim schools superintendent

SEQUIM - Kirk Miller, superintendent of Havre School District in Havre, Mont., has withdrawn from consideration for the Sequim School District superintendent position. Miller, who… Continue reading

Schools Superintendent Cohn to stay in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES - Schools Superintendent Gary Cohn has withdrawn his application for superintendent of the Bellingham School District, saying he will stay in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Highway to be named in honor of Korean War vets

PORT ANGELES - Gerald Rettela of Port Angeles set out to have a tangible memorial for the veterans of the Korean War. In January he… Continue reading

New Forks visitor center director on the job

FORKS - When Mike Gurling retired from Olympic National Park and accepted the job as director of the Forks Chamber of Commerce visitor center, he… Continue reading