Jeff Chew

Peninsula: Buck faces interior secretary, urges review of federal funds for Hoh River land buys

PORT ANGELES -- State Rep. Jim Buck, meeting face to face with the secretary of the interior, wants her to review U.S. Fish and Wildlife… Continue reading

Saturday rains dampen Clallam County Fair attendance

Clallam County Fair wrapped up its annual four-day stint Sunday without a hitch, but officials are saying Saturday's unusual August downpours lowered the event's overall… Continue reading

Port Angeles: ‘Mickey’s twin’ — this Mouseketeer shares the same birthdate with the famous Disney mouse

PORT ANGELES -- She may not be the leader of the club that's made for you and me, but Lila Frisch is all ears when… Continue reading

Battle brews over private ground shuttle to new Kingston foot ferry

The North Olympic Peninsula's two private transportation companies may be steering toward a battle for part or all of the Kingston-Seattle passenger ferry connection. After… Continue reading

Clallam: Transit chief announces retirement

PORT ANGELES -- Dan Di Guilio, who for nine years as general manager has led Clallam Transit System through bus ridership ups, downs and ups… Continue reading

Forks: Want to buy some rocket wreckage? Log onto eBay

FORKS -- It fell far short of outer space. Now it's selling in cyberspace. As part of their hustle for money to finance their next… Continue reading

Clallam: County treasurer announces retirement at end of year

Ruth Gerdon, Clallam County's elected treasurer since 1989, will retire Dec. 31, a decision that comes as a result of her treatment for lymphoma. "It… Continue reading

Forks: National publicity brings acclaim — and possibly investors’ bucks — to rocketeers building a new Rubicon

FORKS -- Rubicon 1 may be shattered, but Sunday's explosive rocket mishap put Space Transport Corp. in the national limelight as an X Prize underdog… Continue reading

Forks: Community will help ‘space dudes’ try another Rubicon

FORKS -- If this timber- and tourism-driven community were a college, Phillip Storm and Eric Meier would be big men on campus. The 26-year-old owners… Continue reading

Queets: Rubicon 1 explodes, breaks apart into ocean

QUEETS -- It was all over in a thunderous blast, a great ball of fire and an eerie hail of rocket debris -- among it… Continue reading

Carlsborg: Woman killed in U.S. 101 collision; 18th on North Olympic Peninsula roads this year

CARLSBORG -- A collision Friday night on U.S. 101 claimed the year's 18th victim on North Olympic Peninsula highways and roads. Lorna W. Kuhlman, 75,… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Dicks vows to press Congress for more money for visitor services

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks toured Olympic National Park's visitor centers in Forks and the Hoh Rain Forest, then vowed to press… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sequim man rescues three fishermen from burning boat in middle of Strait

PORT ANGELES -- A good Samaritan from Sequim and Coast Guard Group Port Angeles personnel rescued three Tacoma-area fishermen Wednesday from a burning boat in… Continue reading

Clallam: Video cameras to be installed at courthouse entrances

Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday accepted an agreement with Kitsap County for a homeland security grant that will add video cameras at Clallam County courthouse's… Continue reading

Olympic National Park: Rep. Dicks to focus on park budget, Forks visitor center during Thursday visit

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks will officially visit Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest, where many of the park's 3.2 million visitors last year marveled at… Continue reading

Clallam: County discusses buying ‘command vehicle’ for emergency communications

Clallam County officials are discussing acquiring a "command vehicle" that would give state, county, city and tribal law enforcement officers mobile communications capabilities in emergency… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Consultant may be hired as first step toward U.S. 101 corridor sewer line

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County leaders on Monday moved toward hiring a consultant to study running an eastward sewer line along U.S. Highway 101 outside… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Unnamed creek’s naming seen as legacy for tree farm

PORT ANGELES -- Toni and Norm Wade's love for the Chickamin Stick Tree Farm is so strong, they want to name a creek on the… Continue reading

Peninsula fire jurisdictions boost burn bans because of dry weather

Washington Department of Natural Resources, Clallam County, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park on Wednesday boosted fire restrictions because of heightened dry weather. Extremely… Continue reading

Clallam: Cameras, other homeland security measures due at courthouse

Increasing signs of homeland security will turn up at Clallam County Courthouse by spring 2005 when video cameras are placed at the facility's entrances. County… Continue reading