Tom Callis

Harbor-Works picks financial consultant, extends Haguewood contract

PORT ANGELES -- Port of Port Angeles Finance Director Bill James will work as the financial consultant for the Harbor-Works Public Development Authority. The Harbor-Works… Continue reading

Jefferson tops state’s counties in voter turnout — 91.065%

Civic pride should be running high in Jefferson County, since ballot tallies show it to have the highest voter turnout in the Nov. 4 general… Continue reading

Port Angeles city to keep funding pool through March 31; voters may decide fate after then

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to fund the William Shore Memorial Pool through March 31, and told city staff to work… Continue reading

Unemployment rises on Peninsula, statewide

Jobless rates on the North Olympic Peninsula increased in October, climbing past 7 percent in Clallam County and up to 5.9 percent in Jefferson County,… Continue reading

Chinese visitors in fatal car wreck on U.S. 101

FORKS -- A 27-year-old woman from China died in a single-car wreck on U.S. Highway 101 about 13 miles south of Forks at the Upper… Continue reading

Gateway center could be open by Christmas

PORT ANGELES -- The city of Port Angeles' contract with Primo Construction for The Gateway will likely have to be extended to finish the project,… Continue reading

Origin of foot found in Pysht still a mystery

The latest foot encased in a running shoe that washed up on a Strait of Georgia shore in British Columbia isn't likely to shed any… Continue reading

Port Angeles art center faces big budget cut from City Hall

PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Board of Trustees, facing a slash of half its city funding in 2009, proposed Wednesday reducing… Continue reading

Port Angeles pool organization to seek pledges for raising $90,000

PORT ANGELES -- Save the Pool PA hopes to raise $90,000 to keep the William Shore Memorial Pool open through the second quarter of next… Continue reading

How bad is the gateway problem? Meeting this week to study crack in support wall

PORT ANGELES -- Key parties in the design and construction of The Gateway transit center will study cracking in a foundation wall this week to… Continue reading

Crack in wall stalls Gateway project completion

PORT ANGELES ¬­-- A quarter-inch crack in a wall of the pavilion at The Gateway has delayed the project, said Terry Weed, Clallam Transit general… Continue reading

Rayonier cleanup a top priority, Ecology tells Harbor-Works

PORT ANGELES -- The former Rayonier Inc. pulp mill site will be cleaned up, no matter what happens to the state Department of Ecology's budget,… Continue reading

Forks hospital levy passes

FORKS -- The Forks Community Hospital's property tax levy once again has received the support of West End voters. After the first night of voting… Continue reading

Haffner leading Jensen after first count in contentious Clallam PUD race

PORT ANGELES -- Incumbent Hugh Haffner maintained a comfortable lead in the controversial Clallam County Public Utility District District 2 race after the first night… Continue reading

Harbor-Works board chair says he misspoke on timeline for deal with Rayonier

PORT ANGELES -- The Harbor-Works Public Development Authority Board of Directors chairman said he misspoke when he said that he expected a purchase and sale… Continue reading

Drive against Jefferson PUD power approaches a cool quarter-million

Citizens Against Proposition 1 is almost at the $250,000 mark for campaign spending, outspending by a huge degree a group that supports the measure on… Continue reading

Group to discuss cost of luring NOAA base to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Potential costs of attracting the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Seattle-based research fleet will be the topic of discussion when a group of… Continue reading

Parallel Clallam PUD campaign spends more than either candidate does

The big spender in the Clallam County Public Utility District Commission, District 2, election is Save Our PUD, which endorses incumbent Hugh Haffner. The group,… Continue reading

All ballots distributed — except the ones that are missing

If you haven't received your ballot in the mail for Tuesday's general election by now, you won't. Request a replacement ballot from the Clallam County… Continue reading

Dispute over Gateway-area property goes to court Friday

PORT ANGELES -- A portion of a dispute between Clallam Transit and the owner of two parcels that are now part of the Gateway International… Continue reading