Jeff Chew

Port Angeles: City officials meet with Kalakala owner over aid request

PORT ANGELES -- A contingent of city leaders met Wednesday with the new owner of the historical 1935 Kalakala ferry, but fell short of committing… Continue reading

Peninsula: Flu vaccine shortage hits Clallam, Jefferson counties

The statewide influenza vaccine shortage reached Clallam and Jefferson counties this week, the health officer for both counties reported Tuesday. While Jefferson County does not… Continue reading

Clallam: Roadside mowing becomes a county budget-helper

Roadside mowing around Clallam County, which has been halved in the past two years, has become a year-round, cost-saving county Road Department operation, officials said… Continue reading

San Juan Airlines: Come fly with us, Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- San Juan Island residents are grateful they have San Juan Airlines and Boeing Field to help them catch flights out of Seattle-Tacoma… Continue reading

Peninsula: Olympia oysters make Olympic comeback

A North Olympic Peninsula native is being brought back from the brink of extinction as a result of restoration programs. From Discovery Bay to Port… Continue reading

More than 100 attend DNR’s Peninsula forest harvest hearing

PORT ANGELES -- Job growth or bird habitat preservation. Timber dollars for better schools versus clean streams for spawning salmon. "Intensively managed" tree harvests or… Continue reading

Peninsula: Environmentalists’ “green” label on lumber to be part of debate over DNR harvests

Washington state's forest stewards could botch a chance to market timber under the "green" label, supported by the Sierra Club and others, if the state… Continue reading

Carlsborg: County commissioners look at traffic woes along U.S. 101 stretch

CARLSBORG -- The five-year-old issue of improving traffic flow and pedestrian safety in this U.S. Highway 101 corridor community destined for commercial growth again was… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Chamber members hear about massive changes in state unemployment law

PORT ANGELES -- Changes in the state's unemployment insurance program that gradually take effect now through 2005 are expected to hit new businesses hardest, a… Continue reading

Forks: Space flights in their sights as rocketeers plan to launch people from Peninsula

FORKS -- In hot pursuit of a coveted $10 million prize, two commercial aerospace engineers are working overtime in a Forks Industrial Park warehouse to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: DNR meeting this week seen as having forest-products job impact

PORT ANGELES -- Proposed state Department of Natural Resources timber harvest levels -- among them one alternative that North Olympic Peninsula economic development supporters say… Continue reading

Hurricane Ridge: Sudden snow ends day at the park

Olympic National Park rangers asked motorists visiting Hurricane Ridge early Sunday afternoon to leave when a snowstorm kicked up heavy winds and near white-out conditions.… Continue reading

Inflatable Kalakala? Historical ferry’s new owner floats ideas to raise renovation dollars

A full-size, air-inflated replica of the MV Kalakala could be making promotional voyages to the Port Angeles or Port Townsend waterfronts -- if local officials… Continue reading

Port Townsend: Mayor to promote plan today to cover Fort Worden parking fees

PORT TOWNSEND -- Mayor Kees Kolff and Nora Porter with the Fort Worden Advisory Committee's parking fee subcommittee go before Jefferson County commissioners this morning… Continue reading

Clallam: Robertsen prepares to take elected community development director post

PORT ANGELES -- Rob Robertsen, who prevailed in a sometimes rough-and-tumble contest to become Clallam County's -- and the nation's -- first elected director of… Continue reading

Clallam netWorks noted for its job creation efforts

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Economic Development Council was once in a business recruitment rut. Today -- through a Clallam netWorks economic development approach that… Continue reading

Clallam: Sheriff plans 24-hour patrol coverage in central, eastern parts of county

PORT ANGELES -- For the first time in history, the Clallam County Sheriff's Department will provide 24-hour patrol coverage from Fairholm and Twin River east… Continue reading

Getting federal funding an option to restore Port Angeles to Sea-Tac air service?

PORT ANGELES -- A task force of business and local government representatives met privately with Port of Port Angeles officials Monday to discuss how to… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Horizon Air operated at a loss for several years, Chamber of Commerce told

PORT ANGELES --Horizon Air operated at William R. Fairchild International Airport at a loss for several years, a company official said Monday. Because of low… Continue reading

Harris’ Pennco plans to expand service with loss of Horizon Air

The owner of the North Olympic Peninsula's door-to-door shuttle service to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says he hopes of expanding his company's operations to help make… Continue reading