James Casey

Pearl Harbor Day extra: Sailor saw start and end of war in Pacific

FRESHWATER BAY - "I started it and I finished it and I lived to tell about it." When Frank Putnam says, "it," he means World… Continue reading

Clallam Transit sets new ridership record

PORT ANGELES - The bus business is booming in Clallam County, with Clallam Transit System riders taking thousands of more rides than a year ago.… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center boss speaks again of taxes

PORT ANGELES - There it was again, that T-word, this time for all the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce to see. Olympic Medical Center… Continue reading

Robin Hill Farm County Park offers a getaway between Port Angeles and Sequim

AGNEW - As eastern Clallam County sprouts subdivisions like Scotch broom in the spring, 195 acres of pasture and forest become increasingly precious. Robin Hill… Continue reading

Investigators still eye arson as cause of Forks office fire

FORKS - A Clallam County sheriff's investigator says arson can't be ruled out as the cause of last Friday's fire at the Department of Health… Continue reading

Forks fire can’t spoil foster kids’ Christmas

FORKS - Hey, Grinch, you missed us! If anything could be salvaged from the charred rubble of the state Department of Social and Health Services… Continue reading

Makah whalers face federal trial March 18

TACOMA - The five Makah men accused of breaking the Marine Mammal Protection Act when they killed a whale in the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Makah file tribal charges against whalers; parallel federal trial delayed

NEAH BAY - Five members of the Makah tribe charged with illegally killing a gray whale on Sept. 8 won't have their day in federal… Continue reading

Higher property values raise tax assessments in Clallam

PORT ANGELES - Property valuations have risen nearly 9 percent this year from last year, using the total value of property in Clallam County as… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center seeks mediation in standoff with union

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center will request formal mediation of a wage and benefits dispute with its nurses, maintenance workers and housekeepers. For their… Continue reading

Taxes on everyone’s mind as Peninsula officials meet with their state legislators

PORT ANGELES - Tax questions fueled by the state Supreme Court's overturn of Initiative 747 that limited governments to a 1 percent annual increase in… Continue reading

Whale hunt botched, tribal biologist says

NEAH BAY - An illegal hunt of a gray whale Sept. 8 was bungled by the five men who killed it, according to a report… Continue reading

Lower Elwha cite long odds for opening casino

  PORT ANGELES - The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe has notified other local governments that it might open a casino, but it would be years… Continue reading

OMC will raise rates 8%, pass bare-bones budget

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center's fees will rise nearly 8 percent in 2008, hospital officials said Wednesday during a hearing on next year's budget.… Continue reading

PA ballot count firms up Kidd, Baxter victories

PORT ANGELES - Cherie Kidd will replace Port Angeles City Councilman Grant Munro, and Steven Baxter won Position 5 on the Port Angeles School Board,… Continue reading

Wild, wet time for campers

stranded at Hoh OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - Kyle Mach hoped for a happy holiday weekend when he drove into the Hoh Rain Forest. He wound… Continue reading

Winds cut power, communications

Hundreds of West End residents in Clallam County remained without power Monday night, their homes darkened by the effects of a powerful windstorm. Some of… Continue reading

Clallam governments doubt they’ll hike taxes

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County likely won't take that sweet sip of COLA served up by the state Supreme Court. County Administrator Jim Jones said… Continue reading

Two PA races remain too close to call yet

PORT ANGELES - Four candidates remained tied to the tracks as the Election Special chugged slowly down on them behind schedule. Which of them will… Continue reading

Cantwell staff receives scores of suggestions

PORT ANGELES - What's a U.S. senator to do? About 20 Clallam County citizens and elected officials had a long list of tasks for Maria… Continue reading