James Casey

Peninsula tribes to share $10 million of shellfish settlement

Five tribes on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hood Canal will share a $10 million slice of a $33 million settlement with commercial… Continue reading

Clallam formally approves third judge

PORT ANGELES - Someone will be shopping for judicial robes by year's end, now that Clallam County commissioners have approved a third judge for Superior… Continue reading

Clallam board poised to OK third judge

PORT ANGELES - A third judge probably will preside over Clallam County Superior Court starting in 2008. Clallam County Commissioner Mike Doherty, D-Port Angeles, unofficially… Continue reading

Clallam warns against crabbing in Port Angeles Harbor

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County health officials have warned people not to eat crab caught in Port Angeles harbor, citing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls hundreds… Continue reading

No tax talk, please, say charter reviewers

PORT ANGELES - The Clallam County Charter Review Commission wants more opinions from more people - but not on all topics, thank you. While commissioners… Continue reading

No attempt at sales tax increase for Clallam law enforcement this year

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County's top criminal-justice officials took two hours Tuesday to agree they need more money - but only two minutes to decide… Continue reading

Power failure hits PDN’s main plant for most of day

PORT ANGELES – A power outage crippled the main plant of the Peninsula Daily News for most of Monday, paralyzing its press and freezing its… Continue reading

Steel walls of ill-fated graving yard to come out this summer

PORT ANGELES - The harbor front bluffs will echo with the clanging of pile drivers this summer as they extract the walls of the former… Continue reading

Rescue tug makes a last rescue

NEAH BAY - In a dramatic finale to a busy season, the rescue tug Gladiator escorted a crude-oil-laden tanker Thursday into the Strait of Juan… Continue reading

VA in PA: ‘Virtual’ vets clinic gets space for $1 a year

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center will lease office space to the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound health Care System for a "virtual" VA… Continue reading

Agencies will stand up for vets at Forks Veterans Stand Down

FORKS - Because veterans often won't ask for help, a Veterans Stand Down on May 3 will take help to the vets. The event at… Continue reading

Order from the court: Can Clallam judges tell commissioners to fund judiciary?

Clallam County commissioners turned down a District Court judge's request for another clerk Monday, preferring to wait until voters decide on a proposed sales tax… Continue reading

Peninsula scientists, students may get grant to study killer fungus

PORT ANGELES - Can you say "kripto-cokkus GAT-tee-eye"? I knew you could. Now you're able to pronounce the name of a deadly fungus that has… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center, physicians reach accord

PORT ANGELES - Nearly a year after it took over Virginia Mason's Eighth Street clinic, Olympic Medical Center approved three-year contracts Wednesday with its nine… Continue reading

Commissioners tell voters to fund Superior Court judge

PORT ANGELES - If Clallam County voters want a third Superior Court judge, they'll probably have to tax themselves to pay for one. They also… Continue reading

Search for corpse turns up empty

PORT ANGELES - Investigators spent nearly eight hours Monday literally digging for clues in a 21-year-old missing-person case, but found little besides dirt. Borrowing a… Continue reading

Former Clallam sheriff, Sequim police chief may become U.S. marshal

Former Clallam County Sheriff Joe Hawe - noted as much for his political talents as for his policing skills - is one of three finalists… Continue reading

News for the needy publishes first issue

PORT ANGELES - Ha! Ha! is no joke. An acronym for "homeless accountability and homeless action," it's also the name of a 16-page newsletter published… Continue reading

Audience clamors for news on clunkers

PORT ANGELES - Clallam County Community Development Director John H. Miller came to talk about shifting sands, but his audience wanted to hear about removing… Continue reading

State starts to set Clallam water rules

State water planners have started the process that will decide if the Elwha and Dungeness rivers are half-empty or half-full for both salmon and humans.… Continue reading