James Casey

OMC may temporarily rent Virginia Mason clinic on Eighth Street

PORT ANGELES -- Most Virginia Mason family doctors might continue practicing in their Eighth Street clinic if Olympic Medical Center commissioners approve a temporary answer… Continue reading

Sequim man moves to put tax for mental health programs up for a vote

PORT ANGELES -- Sequim surveyor and Republican Party stalwart Dave Cummins wants a countywide vote on the one-10th of 1 percent sales tax to fund… Continue reading

Port Angeles medical clinic crisis gets governor’s attention

PORT ANGELES -- A representative of Gov. Chris Gregoire will visit Port Angeles on Wednesday to meet with parties to the Virginia Mason clinic crisis… Continue reading

Commissioners OK tax hike to fund mental health services

PORT ANGELES -- Voices cracking with emotion, Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday voiced their support for a one-10th of 1 percent sales tax for mental… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center commissioners say local doctors will fill void in patient care once Virginia Mason clinic closes

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center Commissioner Gary Smith on Tuesday promised a solution "one way or the other" to the Virginia Mason clinic crisis… Continue reading

Accused murderer likely to testify on own behalf, defense says

PORT ANGELES -- Robert Gene Covarrubias likely will testify in his own defense against a charge of murdering a teen-age girl more than a year… Continue reading

Clallam: Meeting set on new tax for treatment

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County citizens can speak their minds Tuesday on a proposed sales tax to finance treatment of drug-addicted and brain-disordered people. County… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Officials to begin talks over Tse-whit-zen village

PORT ANGELES -- Local, state, federal and tribal officials will gather Tuesday in Tacoma to start negotiations over the future of the former Hood Canal… Continue reading

Virginia Mason clinic doctors to meet with Olympic Medical Center officials on Monday

PORT ANGELES -- Virginia Mason clinic doctors will meet with Olympic Medical Center administrators at 7 a.m. Monday at the clinic to air their positions… Continue reading

Virginia Mason backs OMC plan to open two new clinics, but Virginia Mason’s doctors don”t

PORT ANGELES -- Virginia Mason clinic doctors unanimously said Thursday night they'd have no part in Olympic Medical Center's two-clinic replacement for their Eighth Street… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center ready to open two clinics to house Virginia Mason physicians on May 1

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center will open two clinics offering primary medical care when the Eighth Street Virginia Mason clinic closes on April 30.… Continue reading

100 pack senior center over Virginia Mason clinic pullout

PORT ANGELES -- About 100 Virginia Mason clinic patients gathered Monday in the hopes of taking the facility's future into their own hands. That many… Continue reading

Peninsula residents respond to rising gas prices

The sun rose in the east Sunday morning, Pope Benedict XVI steadfastly remained Roman Catholic, and gas prices continued to climb. Sheesh! What did you… Continue reading

Virginia Mason clinic doctors ask for extension until Oct. 1

PORT ANGELES -- A new proposal to avert closing the Virginia Mason Clinic landed Thursday amid negotiations among clinic doctors, their Seattle-based corporate employer and… Continue reading

West End animal control begins April 1

FORKS -- The Clallam County Humane Society will extend animal control one day a week into the county's West End starting April 1. Society board… Continue reading

Woman proposes patients raise money to keep Virginia Mason clinic open

PORT ANGELES --Virginia Mason clinic's own patients could raise the necessary cash to keep the facility open, a Port Angeles woman has suggested. Penney Thiemann… Continue reading

Commissioner says Clallam in a ‘health scare’ crisis

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County faces a "health scare" crisis. Commissioner Steve Tharinger's slip of the lip Tuesday was closer to the truth than perhaps… Continue reading

Hatler wins Conservation District supervisor seat

PORT ANGELES -- Sequim environmentalist Don Hatler won the three-man race for Clallam Conservation District supervisor Tuesday by an almost 4-to-1 margin. Hatler unseated incumbent… Continue reading

County looking for new administrator as Engelbertson readies to retire

PORT ANGELES -- Dan Engelbertson's wears size 12 footwear, but filling his shoes could present an even larger task. Engelbertson will leave public service June… Continue reading

Jail expansion proposal would cost millions

A two-phase, $2.2 million proposed remodeling of the Clallam County jail in Port Angeles could get Clallam County commissioners' consideration as early as next week.… Continue reading