James Casey

Clallam may hire counselor for jail

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County may hire a mental health social worker-counselor for its jail, using unspent tax revenues earmarked for services to people with… Continue reading

Clallam County Fair opens today

PORT ANGELES -- You can't keep 'em down on the farm, not when it's time for the Clallam County Fair. Rather, the rustic miracles of… Continue reading

Barge berth one Port idea for spending graving yard settlement

PORT ANGELES -- Belly up to the barge, boys! A proposed $7.5 million award from the Hood Canal Bridge graving dock settlement has set the… Continue reading

Graving yard deal: $15 million

PORT ANGELES -- The city and the Port of Port Angeles will receive $15 million in reparations for the failed Hood Canal Bridge graving yard… Continue reading

Home detention, other programs designed to alleviate jail overcrowding

PORT ANGELES -- Three new jail-diversion programs will get Clallam County commissioners' approval today, possibly keeping as many as 85 offenders on any given day… Continue reading

Graving yard agreement due Monday

PORT ANGELES -- The city and port of Port Angeles, Lower Elwha Klallam tribe and state of Washington are expected to settle the future of… Continue reading

Robertsen drops race for Clallam community development director

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Community Development Director Rob Robertson called off his re-election campaign Thursday, effectively handing the job to his opponent, John H.… Continue reading

Funds possible in Clallam’s quest to end homelessness

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's ambitious plan to end homelessness by 2015 may win it $1.75 million to help house people recently released from hospitals,… Continue reading

Humane Society has volunteer positions outside of the shelter

PORT ANGELES -- Volunteer opportunities abound at the Clallam County Humane Society, even for dog and cat lovers who haven't the heart to work in… Continue reading

Sequim: Pharmaceutical drug traces found in some water wells

SEQUIM -- The medicine you flush down your toilet may turn up in your tap water -- at least if you drink from a well… Continue reading

Clallam candidates who filed Monday

Elections Coordinator Patty Rosand became the second Clallam County employee to mount a campaign against an elected boss Tuesday, declaring her candidacy for the auditor's… Continue reading

State historian thinks tribal religion weighed heaviest in decision to scrap graving yard project

OLYMPIA -- It wasn't archaeological discoveries that stopped the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard in Port Angeles. It was religion. That's according to Allyson Brooks,… Continue reading

Candidates start filing for fall elections today

County, state and federal candidates begin official filing today for offices in the fall elections that range from party precinct committee officer to U.S. senator.… Continue reading

Public agrees with judges, awards its award to Canadian’s sand sculpture

PORT ANGELES -- People attending the Arts in Action sand-sculpting competition agreed with the judges Sunday: Canadian Karen Fralich's "Horsin' Around" was the best work… Continue reading

Tribal canoes pulling across North Olympic Peninsula this week

About 30 canoes from Coastal Washington tribes and Canadian First Nations will rendezvous Tuesday at Port Angeles' Hollywood Beach and at the mouth of the… Continue reading

Task force looking at clinic future of Olympic Medical Center

PORT ANGELES -- Primary medical care in Clallam County resembles a patient who's been hospitalized after a heart attack. Its life has been saved, but… Continue reading

Hospital CEO granted 8 percent pay raise

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center Administrator Mike Glenn was granted an 8 percent raise Wednesday, boosting his annual salary from $151,320 to $163,425 plus… Continue reading

State transportation commissioner suggests Port Angeles City Hall shares blame for graving yard woes

OLYMPIA -- Washington transportation commissioners accepted the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard audit Wednesday -- but they didn't accept responsibility for the $87 million fiasco.… Continue reading

Clallam to move slowly toward drafting new water well regulations

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County will move slowly toward overseeing where and how water wells are drilled, with an eye to keeping them far from… Continue reading

Clallam Transit commissioners put off decision on paratransit future

SEQUIM -- Clallam Transit System commissioners have tabled again a proposal to curtail paratransit service while they consider who will run the service and how… Continue reading