James Casey

Peninsula: – 2-1-1 help line operates across Peninsula

A 2-1-1 demonstration call went smoothly in Clallam County on Monday but ran into a hitch for Jefferson County commissioners. The 2-1-1 non-emergency help line… Continue reading

Field kit coming to Streamkeepers

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's volunteer Streamkeepers will receive a new field kit -- four bags of equipment worth more than $7,000 -- from the… Continue reading

Major Sequim Bay trail gap filled

SEQUIM -- Clallam County will pay a higher price to take a lower road across Melvin Baker's land. County commissioners Tuesday approved spending $60,000 for… Continue reading

Clallam County offers internships to student nurses

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County will offer public health internships to University of Washington nursing students under an agreement that county commissioners approved Monday. Iva… Continue reading

County lifts lien on land swept of junk

Clallam County commissioners forgave a $43,500 lien against an East End property Monday but eliminated a health-hazardous eyesore in the bargain. The lot at 212… Continue reading

Ordinance would quiet Clallam County clamor

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County sheriff wants y'all to quiet down, y'heah? Y'heah? I said, Y'HEAH? That's better. The sheriff's new anti-commotion ordinance, which… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center eyes tandem plans to support primary care physicians

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners will adopt an "action plan" Oct. 16 to protect primary health care in Clallam County. Meeting barely a… Continue reading

Stronger rescue tug wanted year-round at Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- A response and rescue tug at the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca isn't good enough for a state oil… Continue reading

Peninsula: New health crisis — aging doctors

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's aging patients aren't the only people straining the region's health care system It's our aging doctors, too. The region's high… Continue reading

Gregoire aides visit Port Angeles to talk and listen

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic National Park shouldn't grow larger, the state Department of Ecology should speed cleanup of the Rayonier mill site, and Medicare reimbursements… Continue reading

City attorney set to receive campaign case

PORT ANGELES -- An electioneering complaint against Clallam County Auditor Cathleen McKeown now is expected to make its way to the Port Angeles city attorney… Continue reading

Rivers End house finds a new home

PORT ANGELES -- Talk about putting up a house. The 700-plus-square-foot structure on Lauridsen Boulevard at Fairmont Avenue will be lifted off the ground while… Continue reading

BuiltGreen group grows a checklist

PORT ANGELES -- A group of contractors, environmentalists, real estate dealers, building officials and just plain citizens celebrated the release of a BuiltGreen of Clallam… Continue reading

Joyce students to get safer route to school

JOYCE -- Construction may start as early as October on a sidewalk along state Highway 112 that will link the Crescent school complex with the… Continue reading

War vets share dark memories at Port Angeles reunion

PORT ANGELES -- These old soldiers can talk about it now, the horror of combat, the grief and the fear. When they came home from… Continue reading

Paddlewheeling cruise ship makes call on Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- It was like Mark Twain swapped identities with Jack London, or Edna Ferber's Showboat steamed into The Call of the Wild. The… Continue reading

Tug pulled from Strait until November

NEAH BAY -- The Strait of Juan de Fuca west of Dungeness Spit will be without a rescue tug until November -- and possibly until… Continue reading

Clallam auditor under criticism for parking truck near election night drop box — with campaign sign visible

PORT ANGELES -- A Sequim woman is pressing Port Angeles police to cite Clallam County Auditor Cathleen McKeown for parking her car where she did… Continue reading

Forks waits for uncounted ballots for fate of aquatics center levy

FORKS -- For Barb Gronspeth, the question of another election on the Forks Aquatic Center levy isn't an "if" or even a "when," unless uncounted… Continue reading

Dynamite found in house in eastern Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A half-dozen households along Ennis Creek were evacuated voluntarily Tuesday night after investigators found a cache of dynamite in a house and… Continue reading