James Casey

Trail would travel under new Elwha River bridge

PORT ANGELES -- You'll walk over the river by going under the bridge. Clallam County public works administrators have applied for more than $2 million… Continue reading

Port Angeles: County Health office alleges smoking law violations

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula College is among 11 establishments that have violated the revised Clean Indoor Air Act, according to complaints to the Clallam County… Continue reading

OMC OKs contracts with nine Virginia Mason clinic physicians for eight-month solution –

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center approved eight-month personal service contracts Wednesday with nine Virginia Mason primary care physicians. The agreements totaled $660,867 -- salaries… Continue reading

Covarrubias defense opens by suggesting another man killed Melissa Carter

PORT ANGELES -- Lawyers for Robert Gene Covarrubias opened his defense Monday by calling a man they said should be suspected of killing Melissa Leigh… Continue reading

Clallam County administrator candidate was fired from his position in Kansas

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners didn't know until Thursday that a finalist candidate for county administrator had been fired from his former post. Although… Continue reading

Clallam: County narrows administrator list to 3:

PORT ANGELES -- James Jones, director of business and operations for Port Angeles schools, is among three finalists for the job of Clallam County administrator.… Continue reading

Clallam: Virginia Mason clinic to remain open on May 1, OMC says

PORT ANGELES -- The Virginia Mason clinic closure appears to be off the critical list as clinic doctors and Olympic Medical Center administrators continue to… Continue reading

Peninsula: Property taxes due May 1 in Jefferson, Clallam counties

No sooner will people make it past Monday's federal income tax deadline than they can start dreading May Day. May 1 is when the first… Continue reading

NASA information to help Dungeness Valley farmers gauge water supply

Old MacDonald, meet Buck Rogers. Dungeness Valley farmers soon could be using space-age technology to help them decide what crops to plant thanks to $1.6… Continue reading

Murder trial witnesses recall night of drugs at motel party

PORT ANGELES -- Melissa Leigh Carter thought she knew the street life of Port Angeles and had little to fear, according to a friend who… Continue reading

Audit on defunct Port Angeles graving yard project delayed

SEATTLE -- A state Transportation Performance Audit Board report on the ill-fated Hood Canal Bridge graving yard project in Port Angeles won't become public until… Continue reading

Medical co-op will stick around

PORT ANGELES -- Wanted: A dragon, preferably one willing to be slain. The Peninsula Medical Cooperative will be seeking new causes if the Virginia Mason… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center, Virginia Mason doctors reach agreement to keep Eighth Street clinic open

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center and Virginia Mason family doctors have announced an "agreement in principle" to affiliate the clinic's resources with the medical… Continue reading

Doctors, Olympic Medical Center ‘not there yet’ on agreement

PORT ANGELES -- The present Virginia Mason clinic may close for one to two weeks as it makes the transition to an Olympic Medical Center… Continue reading

Special election to decide sales tax increase would cost up to $70,000, county says

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County taxpayers must pay $65,000 to $70,000 in election costs if a referendum on turning back a sales tax increase to… Continue reading

Port Angeles clinic crisis solution likely tonight

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center administrators tonight will present their blueprint for providing primary care for patients of the Virginia Mason clinic. Although negotiations… Continue reading

Murder trial will show Port Angeles” seamy side, jury warned

PORT ANGELES -- A panel of middle-aged jurors Monday entered Port Angeles' shadow world of homelessness, methamphetamine and, ultimately, a 15-year-old girl's slaying. They listened… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center lays out proposal to doctors today

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center administrators and Virginia Mason clinic doctors will meet today to discuss details of a strategy to keep the physicians… Continue reading

Formal study of wine grape-growing prospects planned

Think of it as the next shower of the North Olympic Peninsula's purple rain. Already famed for its fragrant fields of lavender, Clallam County could… Continue reading

Lower Elwha bless new health clinic

PORT ANGELES -- The Lower Elwha Klallam's new health clinic rang with the chimes of brass bells Friday as tribal members blessed the spacious facility… Continue reading