Jeff Chew

Peninsula: No funding for U.S. 101 expansion

PORT ANGELES -- Ask state Secretary of Transportation Doug MacDonald the status of the widening of U.S. Highway 101 to four lanes from Port Angeles… Continue reading

Peninsula: Drug task force gets grant to continue work

PORT ANGELES -- A federal grant will allow the area's drug task force to continue its efforts for at least another year. The task force… Continue reading

Peninsula: Pysht forester earns industry recognition

PYSHT -- A forester with Merrill & Ring timber company has been honored by the Society of American Foresters for "uncommon talent and innovative methods… Continue reading

Port Angeles launches graving project

PORT ANGELES -- State and community leaders hailed the state Department of Transportation graving yard facility as another big boost to the region's economy. They… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Questions persist about site’s future use

PORT ANGELES -- While the beginning of the state Department of Transportation graving yard project was welcomed Wednesday on the waterfront, an undercurrent of concern… Continue reading

Clallam: Officials discuss bridge grant for creek restoration project

PORT ANGELES -- Construction of a U.S. Highway 101 bridge across the restored Jimmycomelately Creek channel in Blyn should begin in November, a county official… Continue reading

Clallam: Group circulates petition asking PA to reconsider fluoridation action

PORT ANGELES -- A group fighting to keep fluoride out of the city's water system hopes to deliver at least 1,000 petition signatures asking the… Continue reading

PA graving yard groundbreaking set Wednesday

PORT ANGELES -- Marked by a ground-breaking ceremony, the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday officially becomes the new home of the state Department of Transportation's… Continue reading

Clallam: Get ready for a new balloting system, secretary of state says

The federal Help America Vote Act has provided thousands of dollars in funding to Clallam and Jefferson counties to update voting technology, the state's chief… Continue reading

Joyce: Environmentalist fights proposed gun range site

JOYCE -- Gun range supporters hope an environmentalist's opposition to their third proposed Clallam County shooting park site along Sadie Creek won't be the proposal's… Continue reading

Port Angeles: PA aerospace manufacturer, Alaska firm form partnership

PORT ANGELES -- An Alaska Native-owned corporation has bought the controlling interest in Angeles Composite Technologies Inc. Angeles Composite, at 1402 Fairchild International Airport Road,… Continue reading

Clallam: Officials on guard against wildfires

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County and U.S. Forest Service firefighting officials displayed two new wildfire vehicles outside the county courthouse on Tuesday to show the… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Developer hopes to break ground soon on Ocean Shores resort complex

Developer Jerry Ward is planning a condominium complex in Ocean Shores that is similar to plans for his Port Angeles project. While hammering out his… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Resort developer sees “magic”” in his plan for old Rayonier mill site

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS He's a gentle giant of a man who literally views his $120-million-plus proposal for the Rayonier pulp mill site in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Who is the native Oregonian wanting to build a mega-resort on the waterfront?

Born June 25, 1939, in Prairie City, Ore., to one of the state's oldest farm families, Jerry Ward today has a professional history in large-scale… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Developer outlines plans for $120 million resort complex on Rayonier mill site

PORT ANGELES -- City and business leaders listened in stunned silence Thursday as California developer Jerry Ward boldly rolled out his mammoth proposal to revive… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Ex-Navy brass likes resort complex as permanent home for mothballed aircraft carrier

PORT ANGELES -- The pier at the former Rayonier Inc. mill site impressed an entourage of retired naval officers -- so much that they thought… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Resort complex would employ up to 400, developer says

PORT ANGELES -- Developer Jerry Ward figures his $120 million resort on the Rayonier pulp mill site would ultimately employ between 350 and 400 people.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Resort developer proposes complex on site of former Rayonier pulp mill – — – including an old aircraft carrier

PORT ANGELES -- A California-based resort developer wants to acquire the 75-acre site of the former Rayonier Inc. pulp mill and build a $120 million… Continue reading

Clallam: County leaders bow out of sign suit, effectively exempting older billboards from sign ordinance

It started with a billboard overlooking U.S. Highway 101 in Carlsborg. It ended with a weakened Clallam County sign ordinance. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously… Continue reading