James Casey

Panel wants tax windfall aimed at mental health

PORT ANGELES -- People with both brain disorders and chemical addictions would receive the most attention from a Clallam County panel that hopes to supervise… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Tax mulled to fund mental health, substance abuse programs

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners today will see the first rays of what could be a new dawn for mental-health and substance-abuse treatment in… Continue reading

Fisheries Service broadens study on Makah request to resume whaling

SEATTLE -- The National Marine Fisheries Service will broaden its study of the Makah request to resume whaling by including the tribe's proposed whale quotas… Continue reading

Virginia Mason could lose $25 million if it fails to fund clinic transition, Olympic Medical Center CEO says

PORT ANGELES -- Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle could reap a harvest of ill will if it fails to fund the transformation of the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center-Virginia Mason deal sours

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center's plan to keep Virginia Mason Clinic doctors in practice and in town seemed to sour Tuesday. While a long-term… Continue reading

Health officer says Avian flu pandemic inevitable

Avian influenza is advancing toward a pandemic like the slow-motion segment of a horror movie, a dreadful progress whose creeping pace may petrify its victims… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Removal of crash vehicle put off by weather

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- The weather must improve before Olympic National Park officials can determine what to do with a 1993 Jeep Cherokee that plunged… Continue reading

Road construction bid rejected earlier gets a second chance — and approval

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners accepted a road-construction bid Tuesday that just a week ago they thought was too high. They awarded a $781,688… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center facing difficult financial challenges

The good news: Olympic Medical Center is in the black. The bad news: Black's also becoming the color of community health care district's future. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Stricken pair helps others

PORT ANGELES -- "Patience has become my virtue -- but it's not the easiest thing." Wry words of wisdom, especially from a 19-year-old man. Insight… Continue reading

Ex-community development chief Martin gets new job

PORT ANGELES -- A controversial land-use official spurned by voters in 2003 has returned to Clallam County government. Bob Martin, 60, former appointed Department of… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge audit to be released in April

OLYMPIA -- Findings from the state's investigation of how its own Department of Transportation handled the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard debacle will be released… Continue reading

Lake Sutherland residents combating higher lake levels, flooding

LAKE SUTHERLAND -- Residents around this rain-risen lake are going through hell for high water. Several of them asked Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday to… Continue reading

New mega-yacht gets its hull wet

PORT ANGELES -- Westport Shipyard threw 30 million dollars into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Monday. They floated. Actually, "they" took to the… Continue reading

Westport Shipyard to unveil first 164-foot, $30 million yacht next week

PORT ANGELES -- It's bigger than two eyes can take in all at once, and almost bigger than the mind can wrap itself around. Westport… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center seeks veterans” help in setting up virtual clinic on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center will seek support from Clallam County veterans to bring a Department of Veterans Affairs health-care facility to Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Driver linked to hit-run pedestrian death faces first-degree murder charge

PORT ANGELES -- An 18-year-old Port Angeles High School senior faces a first-degree murder charge in the early Sunday hit-and-run death of Steven Bliss. Shawn… Continue reading

Tse-whit-zen talks may begin in March, Gregoire’s chief of staff says

PORT ANGELES -- Formal negotiations may begin in early March regarding Tse-whit-zen and the former Hood Canal Bridge graving yard, Gov. Chris Gregoire's chief of… Continue reading

Port Angeles-area governments included in new agreement for graving yard talks

PORT ANGELES -- Officials of the city, Port of Port Angeles and Clallam County were guardedly optimistic Thursday about their inclusion in formal negotiations regarding… Continue reading

State, tribe reach agreement on graving yard negotiations

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign today an agreement that frames negotiations with the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe over Tse-whit-zen and the… Continue reading