James Casey

State answers Elwha lawsuit over Tse-whit-zen, but U.S. agency may decide village site’s fate

OLYMPIA -- The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe failed to protect Tse-whit-zen from digging at the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard, the state said Monday, answering… Continue reading

Clallam: Commissioners to discuss Black Diamond issues

PORT ANGELES -- RU-ral! RU-ral! RU-ral! If the Black Diamond neighborhood had a cheering section, that's what it would shout on Oct. 25. That's when… Continue reading

Clallam GOP to oppose real estate excise tax

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Republicans will oppose the real estate buyer's excise tax in the Nov. 8 general election. Members of the county GOP… Continue reading

Makah whalers observe Russians on hunt

NEAH BAY -- Makah whalers witnessed the killing of three gray whales during a hunt this month off the far eastern Russian region of Chukotka.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Final hazardous waste collection event Friday through Sunday

PORT ANGELES -- Your home could hold a household full of hazardous chemicals. Paints and stains, pesticides and poisons, herbicides, hobby supplies -- even burned-out… Continue reading

Sequim: City pulls out of $21 million plan to serve East End

SEQUIM -- The city has flushed plans to build a $21 million sewer system that might have served most of Clallam County's East End. Rather… Continue reading

Kidd, Williams advance to general election for Port Angeles City Council

PORT ANGELES -- Cherie Kidd will face incumbent Larry G. Williams for the Port Angeles City Council Position 2 seat on Nov. 8. Williams led… Continue reading

Transit commissioners weigh options on paratransit during Forks hearing

FORKS -- Clallam Transit commissioners aren't sure what changes they'll make in paratransit services, but they're certain there will be adjustments in the shuttle system… Continue reading

Crews clean up in Clallam

PORT ANGELES -- For Lyn Muench, cleaning the beach at Ediz Hook on Sunday morning was a shore thing. Muench was one of more than… Continue reading

Peninsula: Timber companies, environmentalists keep hand in water planning

CLALLAM BAY -- Timber companies and environmentalists, at loggerheads for months over water quality in streams that flow into the Strait of Juan de Fuca,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Inventory Areas create debate about water resources

PORT ANGELES -- Think "west" and you think "wet" -- the west ends of Clallam and Jefferson counties and their wet climate, that is. But… Continue reading

Peninsula: Sol Duc-Hoh watershed discussions less contentious

FORKS -- Keeping forests as forests and farms as farms is as important to the planners of Water Resources Inventory Area 20 as keeping salmon… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Westport seeking workers from devastated Gulf Coast area

PORT ANGELES -- Westport Shipyard wants to float the boats of marine-trades workers who lost their jobs to Hurricane Katrina. The relocated employees, in turn,… Continue reading

Peninsula: Tsunami alert system works, county officials said

PORT ANGELES -- A test of the tsunami alert system went off without a hitch Wednesday for the Clallam and Jefferson county emergency management divisions.… Continue reading

Clallam: County to accept $1.36 million in state, federal grants

PORT ANGELES -- Easy come, easy go with $1,361,315. Oh, yeah -- plus 48 cents. That's how much Clallam County commissioners will formally accept in… Continue reading

9/11 rites honor heroes, victims

PORT ANGELES -- Emergency first responders aren't in it for the recognition. They don't sign up to be heroes. They start their days expecting them… Continue reading

Port Angeles: StreamFest celebrates fifth year

PORT ANGELES -- There was a lot more to chew on than succulent salmon and sweet blackberry cobbler Sunday at the fifth annual StreamFest. In… Continue reading

Medical center nurses tout benefits of exercise for Saturday event

PORT ANGELES -- You can run away from heart disease, hypertension and senility. For that matter, you can walk away. Regular exercise, like running or… Continue reading

Gr8 sk8 park, sk8er boys and girls say

PORT ANGELES -- It was worth the wait for the chance to skate at what they're calling the best skate park in the region. "They"… Continue reading

What to do at the gas pump? Manage a smile, retailers say

Motorists may be gritting their teeth over gas prices, but most of them manage to squeeze out a smile, say the people who sell the… Continue reading