Paige Dickerson

Cohn doesn’t get Issaquah offer; interviews in bellingham

PORT ANGLES - The Issaquah School Board did not offer its superintendent position to Port Angeles Superintendent Gary Cohn, who was one of two finalists… Continue reading

Sequim picks five candidates to interview for schools chief

SEQUIM - The Sequim School Board will interview on Saturday five candidates for the position of superintendent - including one administrator already working in the… Continue reading

Port Angeles schools chief completes one job interview, goes to another today

PORT ANGELES - The Issaquah School Board was scheduled to consider late Wednesday night if it would make an offer to Gary Cohn, current superintendent… Continue reading

Hilfiger models and crew shoot at Rialto Beach

LAPUSH - A model dancing on a grand piano in the surf, a bed made of driftwood, and the stunning beauty of Rialto Beach -… Continue reading

Port Angeles board reaffirms Stevens name, nixes all-day kindergarten

PORT ANGELES - The Port Angeles School Board voted Monday to drop the idea of all-day kindergarten for the next school year, to keep Stevens… Continue reading

Port Angeles board to consider name change, school reboundary

PORT ANGELES - The School Board will vote on the realignment of the elementary schools, the naming issue for Stevens Middle School, all day kindergarten… Continue reading

Now is the time to see gray whales

LAPUSH - Chris Morganroth knows the gray whales will come to LaPush every year beginning in mid-March. "I saw one just the other day," said… Continue reading

Peninsula school officials react to proposal to lower levy victory margins

Washington voters will get the final say this November on a state constitutional amendment to allow simple majority approval of local property tax levies for… Continue reading

Access to Second Beach reopened, park to reopen trails and beach officially soon

LAPUSH - Visitors have been traipsing down to Second Beach this week after the Quileute tribe reopened on Sunday the parking lot and trailhead that… Continue reading

German students explore Port Angeles culture

PORT ANGELES - Sixteen German students are visiting Port Angeles for the next several weeks in the German American Partnership Program's second - and last… Continue reading

Port Angeles School District aide off to new job in California

PORT ANGELES - Scott Brodhun, director of facilities, maintenance, athletics and technology for the Port Angeles School District, will leave the district for new position… Continue reading

Governor’s husband reads aloud for kids, fetes departing library director

PORT ANGELES - Mike Gregoire, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire's husband, wanted to share the truth. "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" that… Continue reading

Quarry can operate as long as it’s under three acres

PORT ANGELES - The owners planning a rock quarry off of Olympic Hot Springs Road do not need a permit unless the quarry expands to… Continue reading

Irked Elwha River residents planning to protest quarry blasting

About a dozen residents from the Elwha River area west of Port Angeles will hold a protest against a quarry for which blasting is due… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles seeks restaurateur for Sequim’s John Wayne Marina

SEQUIM - The Port of Port Angeles is looking for a tenant for the restaurant at the John Wayne Marina. Although port commissioners previously had… Continue reading

Stevens Middle School renaming effort in gear this week

PORT ANGELES - Should Stevens Middle School get a name change? Or should it keep the name of Washington's first territorial governor? A Port Angeles… Continue reading

Services Friday, Saturday for girl killed when car went into river

PORT ANGELES - When selecting flowers to honor Vanna K. Francis at her funeral, her aunt, Elizabeth Dawson, picked wildflowers. "She was sweet and refreshing,… Continue reading

Services to be held Friday for boy, 15, killed in crash

NEAH BAY - The funeral services for Ronnie Scroggins, 15, who died when a car carrying seven young people crashed into the Elwha River Sunday,… Continue reading

Beer, cell phone ‘texting’ tied to fatal car crash in Elwha River

TACOMA - The driver of the small car that plunged into the chilly Elwha River early Sunday morning - killing two teenagers among the seven… Continue reading

Passengers, witnesses detail events leading to fatal crash

TACOMA - The seven teenagers who crashed into the Elwha River early Sunday morning were on their way home from a party and had consumed… Continue reading