James Casey

State censures Port Angeles water plan, but city says supply safe

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Health has "red-coded" the city's water system, saying it has not complied with a plan to meet possible… Continue reading

Another roundabout in Sequim area? Clallam considers Old Olympic Highway intersection

PORT ANGELES — A roundabout may top Clallam County's options for making the Old Olympic Highway/Kitchen-Dick Road intersection less perilous. The crossing is the second… Continue reading

Roosevelts, critters to get new life in Port Angeles mural

PORT ANGELES — Teddy Roosevelt will beam his toothy grin anew over downtown Port Angeles. The 26th president's visage peers from the clouds of "Olympic… Continue reading

No judge, so Makah postpone pretrial hearing for five who killed whale

NEAH BAY — The Makah Tribal Court has postponed a pretrial conference for five whale hunters because there is no judge to conduct it. No… Continue reading

Proposed Clallam County Fair admission increase to get more study

PORT ANGELES — A plan to add 50 cents to daily admission to the Clallam County Fair must get more study from the folks who… Continue reading

New Makah leader looks beyond whaling issues

NEAH BAY — Micah McCarty, the Makah tribe's new chairman, said Monday that the tribe has much more to face than the upcoming trial of… Continue reading

Which way grows downtown Sequim?

SEQUIM — Many of the people wrestling with issues of Sequim's core won't be around to see the result. That's because the plan's focus is… Continue reading

U.S. spikes Lower Elwha tribe’s plan to build casino west of Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's long-term bid to build a small casino west of town has been set back by the U.S.… Continue reading

Clallam County preparing sales tax increase bid for law and justice

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County law and justice officials Tuesday began backing a two-tenths of 1 percent sales tax increase to support programs ranging from… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center’s new board president prescribes thrift, tax, volunteerism

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center's thriftiest commissioner will lead the hospital into what may be its financially tightest times - and he's talking about… Continue reading

Picking newcomer as mayor keeps political change going in Sequim

SEQUIM - Wounds inflicted during Sequim's elections may be healing, but the sutures still were straining Friday at the new City Council's first meeting where… Continue reading

Sequim’s new council members speed up pace of change

SEQUIM - Sequim's fresh-faced City Council, which already accelerated swearing in its new members, will choose a new mayor Friday morning. The special meeting will… Continue reading

FEMA opens disaster aid center in Forks

FORKS - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened a temporary Disaster Recovery Center in Forks. The FEMA office will be open from 10 a.m.… Continue reading

Clallam Transit System approves deficit budget, raises general manager’s pay

PORT ANGELES - Clallam Transit System on Monday became the second government in Clallam County to adopt a deficit budget - with a third entity… Continue reading

Autopsy findings expected next week in death of inmate

PORT ANGELES - Results of an autopsy on the body of John Francis Young are expected next week. Young, 46, was discovered in his locked… Continue reading

Woman who drove car into river, killing 2, pleads guilty to manslaughter

TACOMA - Sela Anne Kalama has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for driving drunk into the Elwha River and killing two teenagers March 18. Kalama,… Continue reading

Whalers plead not guilty to tribal charges

NEAH BAY - The five members of the Makah tribe accused of illegally killing a whale will go to trial in tribal court Jan. 22.… Continue reading

Port Angeles eastside sewer project a half-million beyond expected cost

PORT ANGELES - Already months behind schedule, a sewer to the anticipated Wal-Mart Supercenter is almost $500,000 over its estimated cost. The line from the… Continue reading

Port Angeles man battles trees, floods on Peninsula trip

PORT ANGELES - One step forward, 2.7 steps back. That's roughly the ratio of John De Luna's trips to and from Ocean Shores during Monday's… Continue reading

VIMO clinic to request $5 donations

PORT ANGELES - The Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics Clinic has joined the ranks of needy medical institutions. Heretofore free to uninsured or underinsured… Continue reading