James Casey

UPDATED — Judge rules against Sequim labor lawsuit

UPDATED — Judge rules against Sequim labor lawsuit

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court judge has spiked — again — an attempt to change the city of Sequim’s process for labor… Continue reading

UPDATED — Judge rules against Sequim labor lawsuit

Spate of burglaries in downtown Port Angeles sees 6 crimes in 24 hours

PORT ANGELES — A downtown apparel and accessories store was one of at least six burglarized in the central area of Port Angeles within 24… Continue reading

Security issues at the Lee Plaza in downtown Port Angeles have business owners concerned after one commercial tenant was burglarized. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Spate of burglaries in downtown Port Angeles sees 6 crimes in 24 hours

PORT ANGELES — A downtown apparel and accessories store was one of at least six burglarized in the central area of Port Angeles within 24… Continue reading

Security issues at the Lee Plaza in downtown Port Angeles have business owners concerned after one commercial tenant was burglarized. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Property evaluations, real values at odds in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES -- What goes up must stay up, at least for another year. The re-evaluations that Clallam County Assessor Pam Rushton's office sent out… Continue reading

Property values do not drive tax hikes, Clallam assessor says

PORT ANGELES -- How much your real property is worth has little to do with how much tax you pay -- at least in year-to-year… Continue reading

‘Thank very mach to you for presented second life’: Rescued Ukrainian sends holiday wishes to those who saved his life

PORT ANGELES -- "Thank very mach to you for presented second life. Let keeps the God to you and your family." Nuts with the syntax.… Continue reading

Speed limit drops on part of Diamond Point Road

PORT ANGELES -- The Clallam County commissioners voted Tuesday to try to please half the people half the time with an increased speed limit on… Continue reading

Commissioners rate administrator — publicly

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners gave a performance evaluation to their top employee Monday. In public. Jim Jones' appraisal gave him an average score… Continue reading

Volunteers needed to staff day shelter in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- There's sufficient overnight shelter space for homeless people during the current icy blast, but Serenity House seeks volunteers to staff a daytime… Continue reading

‘Ugly’ cuts to Peninsula state parks in governor’s budget, Kessler says

EDITOR'S NOTE: A story about Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposed state budget and an outline of proposed cutbacks can be accessed toward the bottom of the… Continue reading

Bus route stops short in snow in Clallam Bay

CLALLAM BAY -- A Clallam Transit System driver has resigned after refusing to take passengers beyond Clallam Bay on a snowy trip to Neah Bay… Continue reading

Events before shoot-out fill chilling journal of gunman

SEQUIM -- "I'm a simple person," Shawn Matthew Roe wrote Sept. 2, "just praying no one gets in my way." Eighteen days later, someone did… Continue reading

Roe contemplated ‘suicide by cop,’ shooting investigator’s report says

SEQUIM -- Shawn Roe drank heavily, spent weeks alone in the Cascade Mountains and spoke of committing "suicide by cop" in the weeks preceding his… Continue reading

Witnesses confirm deputies’ account of shooting of gunman last September

SEQUIM -- Several witnesses heard Clallam County sheriff's deputies order Shawn Matthew Roe to surrender before they shot him Sept. 20 at the Longhouse Market… Continue reading

Makah past points to tribe’s future of justice, health

NEAH BAY -- The Makah tribe is working hard to restore its culture -- and restorative justice along with it, the tribal chairman says. Restorative… Continue reading

Clallam County may cut share of pool election costs

PORT ANGELES -- The three Clallam County commissioners may step back from their promised plunge into the Save Our Pool campaign. Specifically, they may not… Continue reading

Elwha casino opening delayed

PORT ANGELES -- Christmas revelers won't be able to play the slots at the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal reservation. Problems getting electrical power to a… Continue reading

Civic leader Dorothy Duncan dies at 73

PORT ANGELES -- Described as a woman of stature in body and character, longtime civic leader Dorothy Duncan died Monday at the age of 73,… Continue reading

Homeland Security leases two acres for Peninsula Border Patrol headquarters

PORT ANGELES -- The Department of Homeland Security has leased two acres at the northeast corner of Fey Road and U.S. Highway 101 in western… Continue reading

Rep. Dicks prefers Congress to Obama cabinet post

WASHINGTON -- How could U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks turn down the post of secretary of the Interior in the Obama administration? Easily, Dicks said Tuesday.… Continue reading