James Casey

Gunman Roe had violent past

Shawn Matthew Roe had a history of violence. "He had a slew of DVs," Justin Arnold of The Herald of Everett said Sunday, referring to… Continue reading

Slain officer known for canine partners

SEQUIM — "I work by myself," Kristine Fairbanks told the Peninsula Daily News just over a year ago. "I don't have backup." Actually, Fairbanks worked… Continue reading

Senior games lure 243 athletes to competition

PORT ANGELES — Serious competition that doesn't take itself too seriously, the Port Angeles Senior Games, opens tonight. On the deadly earnest side, 243 athletes… Continue reading

New bus service connects North Olympic Peninsula to rest of nation

PORT ANGELES — A new intercity bus service aims to whet your appetite for travel, not to mention seafood and fruit. The Dungeness Line has… Continue reading

Ancestors’ reburial brings closure to Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members

PORT ANGELES — The ancestors have come back home. In two days of painstaking earth moving, the intact remains and skeletal fragments that were disinterred… Continue reading

Fate of disc golf course delayed as Clallam commissioners widen public participation

PORT ANGELES — Disc golf proposed for Robin Hill Farm Park got a mulligan Monday from Clallam County commissioners, who want more public participation on… Continue reading

Clallam opens new jail wing for Chain Gang inmates today

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County jail trustees and inmates serving their time on the Sheriff's Chain Gang are scheduled to move into new quarters today.… Continue reading

Crematory opponents mount two-prong attack

CARLSBORG — As land-use controversies go, the quarrel between Jason Linde and his opponents turns on a life-or-death issue. First, the death side: Linde wants… Continue reading

Marine mammal commission declines to comment on Makah whaling; activists fume

BETHESDA, Md. — The federal advisory Marine Mammal Commission had little comment, with no major objection, to an environmental assessment of the Makah tribe's proposed… Continue reading

Clallam County grants franchise for Diamond Point water

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday approved a franchise for the Diamond Point water system in a deal that included collecting $4,200 from… Continue reading

Orcas make rare visit to Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES — A pod of three orcas made a rare trip Tuesday afternoon into Port Angeles Harbor, trailed by about a dozen boats of… Continue reading

Clallam PUD candidates tout experience and leadership

PORT ANGELES — An incumbent saying, "Experience counts" faced a challenger offering "a new generation of leadership" Monday in the race for Clallam County Public… Continue reading

Levy election won, but Olympic Medical Center still watches the money

PORT ANGELES — A man once asked a sage how life had been before the master became enlightened. The answer: "Chop wood, carry water." And… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ longtime duty-free store to close mid-month

PORT ANGELES — After 17 years and a 14-fold growth in both size and work force, Northwest Duty Free Stores will close its shop in… Continue reading

Clallam first in line for funds to take trail through old railroad tunnels

When does 1 equal 999,000? When 1 is Clallam County's ranking atop 36 hiking/biking trail proposals in Washington and $999,000 is the money it hopes… Continue reading

Ever want a Crown Victoria patrol car? Here’s your chance

C'mon, admit it: You really want that white 1995 Ford Crown Victoria, the kind Clallam County Sheriff's deputies used to drive. Imagine how you'll feel… Continue reading

Land-use rulings draw ire of Clallam property owners

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County property owners have begun to bite back at a state ruling that could cut some of their property rights in… Continue reading

60 demonstrate in Forks against Border Patrol checkpoints, detention of two youths

FORKS — About 60 people protested Saturday in the wake of U.S. Border Patrol detention of Forks residents, including a recent high school honors graduate… Continue reading

Lower Elwha building casino; hoping to open by Christmas

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe hopes to open by Christmas a $4 million casino it is building on the tribal reservation. The… Continue reading

Disability Awareness Day set at Clallam courthouse

PORT ANGELES — Walking that proverbial mile in another's moccasins will shift to wheeling in another person's chair during a disability consciousness exercise on Friday.… Continue reading