James Casey

Doctors answer hospital with contract counteroffer

PORT ANGELES - Olympic Medical Center's family doctors Wednesday presented a contract counteroffer for continuing to practice at the former Virginia Mason clinic at 433… Continue reading

Law and justice group endorses third judgeship

PORT ANGELES - A committee of law enforcement officers, corrections officials, judges and politicians Tuesday endorsed filling a third Clallam County Superior Court judgeship. They… Continue reading

Ski bus will return to Hurricane Ridge

PORT ANGELES - The ski bus to Hurricane Ridge will resume running Saturday - provided it can get there from here. Jerry Eldred, trans­por­ta­tion director… Continue reading

Avalanche bars route to Hurricane Ridge

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK - There was just no getting around the latest obstacle confronting the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club Ski and Snowboard School on… Continue reading

Patients want family docs hired soon

PORT ANGELES - Harlan Knudson might have expected smooth sailing Wednesday night at his first meeting as chairman of the Olympic Medical Center board of… Continue reading

Space-age technology to track river flows

SEQUIM - Clallam County conservation officials will celebrate a wedding next week between rocket science and river management. They'll officially kick off the NASA Solutions… Continue reading

Bet on it: Pandemic flu looms

Let's think, for a while, about the unthinkable: America's modern medical system grinds into gridlock as victims of a pandemic influenza overflow hospitals and crowd… Continue reading

OMC delays contracts for primary care doctors

PORT ANGELES - Delaying contracts with nine primary care physicians for a month won't endanger the agreements, the doctors and Olympic Medical Center's top administrator… Continue reading

Church camp settlement set for Jan. 23 public hearing

SEQUIM -- Clallam County commissioners will take public testimony Jan. 23 on settling a five-year-old legal wrangle over King's Way Foursquare Church's plans for a… Continue reading

Second Port Angeles-built 164-footer takes to the water

PORT ANGELES - Having built a $30 million yacht, Westport Shipyard now will try its best to break it. Evviva, the second 164-foot-long craft to… Continue reading

Second Port Angeles-built 164-footer takes to the water

PORT ANGELES -- Having built a $30 million yacht, Westport Shipyard now will try its best to break it. Evviva, the second 164-foot-long craft to… Continue reading

Olympic National Park’s proposed master plan draws varied public comment

If you relish reading other people's mail, Olympic National Park can put you into paradise. The park has posted the more than 500 comments it… Continue reading

Politics beats nonpartisanship on charter commission

PORT ANGELES -- First, you have your partisan political offices -- public posts won by party nominees. Next come nonpartisan jobs for which candidates profess… Continue reading

Six West End elk shot in `thrill kill”

FORKS -- State Fish and Wildlife agents hope to offer a reward for the identity of whoever shot four elk cows and two calves that… Continue reading

Longhouse site on Peninsula College campus blessed in Native rites

Members of six Northwest Washington tribes Monday blessed the future site of a longhouse on Peninsula College's Port Angeles campus that will lend a focus… Continue reading

Winds buffet east, west sides of Peninsula

Strong winds gusting up to 91 mph blew across much of the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday, forcing closure of the Hood Canal Bridge and… Continue reading

Winds buffet east, west sides of Peninsula

Strong winds gusting up to 91 mph blew across much of the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday, forcing closure of the Hood Canal Bridge and… Continue reading

Nostalgia good for business on North Olympic Peninsula

I like Ike. LSMFT: Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. The pause that refreshes. The Fifties and Sixties beckon to us with memories of simpler times… Continue reading

Dicks drafts bill for VA outpatient clinic

PORT ANGELES -- U.S. Rep Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, has drafted legislation to establish a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at Olympic Medical Center. The bill, if… Continue reading

Clallam County approves $19.6 million for roads

PORT ANGELES -- Road projects ranging from a new, two-lane Elwha Bridge to preliminary work on a Deer Park Road overpass of U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading