Tom Callis

Blackberry pie and stylish beards at Joyce Daze festival

JOYCE — The 26th annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival provides competitions for people who pride themselves on either their baking or their whiskers on… Continue reading

Much Peninsula road maintenance put on hold over crude oil shortage

Work to prevent roads from deteriorating is on hold in Clallam and Jefferson counties for the rest of the year due to a supply shortage… Continue reading

Rossi makes North Olympic Peninsula campaign appearance

PORT ANGELES — If he is elected governor, he will work to make Washington state becomes a haven for entrepreneurs, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi… Continue reading

Authorities credit community policing with cleanup of properties and crime

PORT ANGELES — A community effort to clean up a field has led to a significant drop in crime in that area, says the Clallam… Continue reading

Landmark Forks sawmill sold, may become commercial site

FORKS — The 24-acre former Rosmond Brothers Sawmill property in Forks has been sold — and may become a kind of rustic shopping mall. William… Continue reading

One year later, victim of deadly RV crash to be memorialized in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The memories are still vivid. A motor home with family members from Missouri hurtling down Mount Angeles Drive after an outing in… Continue reading

Oregon study blames Olympic National Park erosion on loss of wolves

The disappearance of wolves from Olympic National Park in the 1920s has led to a significant decrease in vegetation and increase in soil erosion, a… Continue reading

Um, do you want to buy a vowel?

BLYN — An enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd gathered at the 7 Cedars Casino on Saturday, hoping for a shot to win it big. But they weren't… Continue reading

Sequim fastest-growing city on North Olympic Peninsula

Sequim is the fastest growing city on the North Olympic Peninsula. The U.S. Census Bureau's population estimate for July 1, 2007, which was released Thursday,… Continue reading