James Casey

Lavender Festival sets attendance record

SEQUIM -- Lavender's pungent aroma was the sweet smell of success Sunday as the 2006 Sequim Lavender Festival set a new attendance record. About 35,000… Continue reading

Transit commissioners to review paratransit costs, service

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit wants to cause no fuss, but it could curtail trips on its magic bus. That's the paratransit service that operates… Continue reading

Expanded venue to be unveiled Friday at Clallam fairgrounds

PORT ANGELES -- If it's possible to present wall-to-wall entertainment on three open-air stages, that's what this year's Clallam County Fair will do. Fair officials… Continue reading

Finger-pointing continues over ill-fated graving yard project

PORT ANGELES -- Blame: It spreads more easily than the high-priced product, especially when the issue is the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard. State Rep.… Continue reading

Port Angeles mayor discounts ‘secret meetings’ over graving yard property fate

PORT ANGELES -- Mayor Karen Rogers insisted Tuesday that negotiations over the former Hood Canal Bridge graving yard site aren't "secret meetings." Still, she was… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners balk at funding third Superior Court

PORT ANGELES -- Candidates for a third Clallam County Superior Court judgeship had nowhere to run Monday after county commissioners postponed funding the position. Commissioners… Continue reading

Peninsula: Weekend activities from Clallam Bay to Port Hadlock

Community festivals sway into full swing -- or swing into full sway -- this weekend at opposite ends of the North Olympic Peninsula. Out west,… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sen. Cantwell challenger McGavick visits

PORT ANGELES -- Mike McGavick gave them his stump speech, so they gave him the stump. About 100 people braved Thursday evening's chilly breeze to… Continue reading

FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS TO EXPLODE OVER PENINSULA

The Fourth of July will be celebrated all over the North Olympic Peninsula. Here's a rundown of the parades, food and fireworks. Port Angeles The… Continue reading

Clallam: New county administrator takes over

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County faces a $1.1 million increase in retirement payments even as it confronts a $400,000 loss in sales tax revenue --… Continue reading

PENINSULA PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDERSHIP UP

PORT ANGELES - Wallet-draining gas prices have Clallam and Jefferson county bus ridership on a roll. At Clallam Transit System, year-to-date ridership is up 17.4… Continue reading

Clallam: Panel selection to test unity

PORT ANGELES -- Cooperation will be key for a committee charged with allocating Clallam County's new revenue to strengthen mental health and drug abuse programs.… Continue reading

Scientists elated at deep-water discovery of robust coral gardens

Underwater gardens of multicolored coral grow on the deep ocean floor off the North Olympic Peninsula coast, ecstatic deep-sea researchers revealed Monday. In a teleconference… Continue reading

Port Angeles: OMC, health carrier spar over rates

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center says it has refused a huge health insurance company's request that the hospital raise its rates by 10 percent… Continue reading

Clallam: Giant hogweed poses danger in wild

PORT ANGELES -- Giant hogweed. Its name alone ought to tip you off. It sounds bad enough in English, but its scientific name, Heraculeum mantegazztanum… Continue reading

Clallam: County to boost records access

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County residents will be able to view marriage licenses, maps, real estate deeds and other public documents on the Web when… Continue reading

Jefferson: In poisonous waters; more on bacteria bloom

Don't drink the pond scum. Maybe it isn't cyanobacteria. Even if it is, maybe it isn't one of the toxic varieties. And even if it… Continue reading

Port Angeles: State senator addresses chamber of commerce

PORT ANGELES -- State Sen. Jim Hargrove said he would rather cut crime than build prisons to hold more criminals. It sounds simple, says the… Continue reading

PA skateboard victim’s friends urge helmet law

PORT ANGELES -- Dozens of balloons and red roses decorated the Port Angeles Skate Park fence Sunday as scores of young people gathered in grief… Continue reading

Olympic Discovery Trail path reaches a roadblock

SEQUIM -- The Olympic Discovery Trail someday may take a dip and detour on its way from Sequim to Blyn, thanks to self-described "ornery" Melvin… Continue reading