James Casey

Tribes take time out in Port Angeles from canoe journey to British Columbia

PORT ANGELES — The 16th century: It's a great place to visit in a cedar canoe. More than a dozen such craft put in at… Continue reading

Fiscal panic is premature, governor says

Any prediction of a $2.5 billion state revenue shortfall is premature, Gov. Chris Gregoire told the Peninsula Daily News on Monday. In a private conversation,… Continue reading

Gregoire completes whirlwind campaign swing across North Olympic Peninsula

A perky Chris Gregoire appeared in Port Angeles on Monday, followed by a pugnacious Chris Gregoire in Sequim. It wasn't that only Washington's governor morphed… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center posts profit for second quarter

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center posted a positive 2.9 percent operating margin for the second quarter of 2008. The numbers presented by Julie Rukstad,… Continue reading

Two Makah appeal their whaling convictions

TACOMA — Two Makah men convicted of two misdemeanor violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act have appealed their verdicts in U.S. District Court. Andy… Continue reading

Crowd tells sheriff loud and clear: No noise ordinance

PORT ANGELES — An overflow crowd of more than 120 people had one thunderous message for Clallam County commissioners Tuesday: Don't adopt a proposed public… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council gets an earful from community members — but says little

PORT ANGELES — More than a dozen pointing fingers, at least seven suspects, but still no smoking gun. Fifteen Port Angeles residents or business owners… Continue reading

New environmental outlook sees foresters as good guys, Hargrove tells chamber

PORT ANGELES — A new carbon consciousness could put foresters in league with environmental activists, state Sen. Jim Hargrove said Monday. The turnabout could make… Continue reading

Residents ready to make a racket about noise law

PORT ANGELES — Lee Hunt wants to put a buzz in Bill Benedict's ear over the sheriff's proposed noise ordinance — the angry buzz of… Continue reading

Runaway car damages more than a building

PORT ANGELES — The term "freak accident" covers it — just barely. Juana Argyropoulos was chatting with two of her regular customers in the Fairmount… Continue reading

Water cleanup agency seeking the Strait stuff

PORT ANGELES — Northwest Washington's water-quality superagency wants Strait information from the people of the North Olympic Peninsula. The Puget Sound Partnership — which despite… Continue reading

Clallam appeals orders to revamp rural zoning

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday appealed a state ruling that punctuates with a question mark developers' construction plans from LaPush to Sequim. The… Continue reading

Clallam County commissioners will rule on Carlsborg crematory proposal

CARLSBORG — Opponents of a crematory proposed for Carlsborg Industrial Park filed an appeal Monday to Clallam County commissioners. As expected, Citizens for Carlsborg asked… Continue reading

Customers make waves over Diamond Point water system

DIAMOND POINT — Water customers in this East Clallam County community hope to turn off the tap on a rate increase at a state Utilities… Continue reading

Stricken whale seen earlier in waters off Vancouver Island

SEKIU — Watchers along the Strait of Juan de Fuca made no sighting Monday of a young whale they had tried to rescue from a… Continue reading

Watch continues for entangled humpback whale

SEKIU — Whale-watchers kept their vigil Sunday over the Strait of Juan de Fuca for a young humpback whale entangled in crab lines. John Calambokidis,… Continue reading

Two from Clallam heading for Democratic National Convention next month

Two Clallam County Democrats are up — at least a mile — about going to Denver next month. Julie Johnson of Neah Bay will attend… Continue reading

Sheriff readies ordinance to combat noisy nuisances

PORT ANGELES — Can you hear me now? If so, you may want to turn me in to the Clallam County Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Bill… Continue reading

Whaling sentences ‘disappoint’ Peninsula, national animal activists

Anti-whaling activists expressed disappointment and sadness over sentences handed to five Makah whale hunters Monday. "We believe all five [defendants] got off lightly," Chuck Owens… Continue reading

Judge has words about ‘tacks’ used in Makah whalers’ defense

TACOMA — U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Kelley Arnold didn't buy a whaling defendants' claim that former Makah Tribal Chairman Ben Johnson Jr. had tacitly ordered… Continue reading