James Casey

County delays pact with Port Angeles city

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners and Port Angeles City Council members were expected today to agree to share tax revenues from new businesses east… Continue reading

Sheriff candidates sharpen their messages

PORT ANGELES -- Sheriff challenger Bill Benedict promised Monday to "return trust and responsibility to the sheriff's office," while incumbent Sheriff Joe Martin said those… Continue reading

Opposition to Olympic National Park’s proposed controlled burn heats up

LAKE OZETTE -- Olympic National Park's plan to burn three acres of brush and saplings at a historic homestead between Cape Alava and Lake Ozette… Continue reading

Shelter’s Shirley needs needles to heal

PORT ANGELES -- To look into Shirley's liquid, deep-brown eyes is to want to pick her up and pull her into your lap. She'll need… Continue reading

Sheriff candidates spar over department’s reputation

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's two candidates for sheriff traded jabs -- but no roundhouse punches -- in their first face-off of the campaign Tuesday.… Continue reading

Navy water desalination unit arrives to quench thirsts of Neah Bay

NEAH BAY -- A U.S. Navy water purification system arrived on the Makah reservation Monday to turn 100,000 gallons of salt water into fresh water… Continue reading

Peninsula ready to join one-call help line

PORT ANGELES -- Deet, doot, doot. These three little telephone tones for 2-1-1 could be the quickest link to help for people who need human… Continue reading

Hard lessons of 9/11 aid communications on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- First responders' radio woes at ground zero on 9/11 have yielded communications solutions on the North Olympic Peninsula, five years later and… Continue reading

Fire danger remains high on Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- The danger of fire on the North Olympic Peninsula is so high that anything hotter than racy thought could start a blaze.… Continue reading

Benefactors donate for right to name medical center facilities

PORT ANGELES -- What's in a name? Just a cool yet warmhearted $600,000 for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. That's how much three benefactors pledged… Continue reading

Good flu preventative: hand-washing

One hand washing the other could wash out a quarter of influenza cases in the coming year, Clallam County commissioners learned Tuesday. They'll consider health… Continue reading

Owner fells giant ragweed

PORT ANGELES -- Think David and Goliath. Think Jack and the giant. Think St. George and the dragon. Lila Frisch has slain the mammoth ragweed… Continue reading

9-foot ragweed is a hey fever sufferer’s Godzilla

PORT ANGELES -- It's a weed worthy of Paul Bunyan's ax, this horticultural horror in Lila Frisch's garden. It's a hay fever sufferer's Godzilla. It's… Continue reading

Graving yard ettlement elements safeguard developments even though fiasco didn”t stunt waterfront growth

PORT ANGELES -- Developers eyeing Port Angeles Harbor can get a clearer waterfront view due to a $17.2 million settlement of Hood Canal Bridge graving… Continue reading

Tribe plans cultural center on former graving yard site

PORT ANGELES -- What's now a steel and concrete scar on the waterfront could shift shapes into a center for cultural tourism on the North… Continue reading

Clallam undersheriff cleared by investigation

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Undersheriff Rich Sill has been cleared of impropriety for transporting his 21-year-old son to the hospital after the son was… Continue reading

Graving agreement aims for balance

EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is the first of two articles about the settlement of disputes over the canceled Hood Canal Bridge graving yard. The second… Continue reading

Lethal levels of toxin found in area shellfish

Lethal levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin have been found in Discovery Bay, Port Ludlow Marina and South Indian Island County Park. "Right now the… Continue reading

Graving yard concrete plant will head to California

PORT ANGELES -- Imagine a 4-foot-high sea wall around the Olympic Peninsula. That's how much concrete Fred Hill Materials Inc. planned to produce at its… Continue reading

Shellfish closures ring North Olympic Peninsula

PORT ANGELES -- Every beach around the North Olympic Peninsula has been closed to harvesting at least some sort of shellfish. The Washington Department of… Continue reading