Jeff Chew

Neah Bay: Rough seas between Makah tribe, owner of – Kalakala: – ‘We’re not supposed to be a caretaker of it’

NEAH BAY -- Damage caused when winds thrust the old ferry Kalakala into the Makah tribe's dock has fueled increasing tensions between tribal leaders and… Continue reading

Clallam: Assessor to get more help in dealing with ‘growth spurt’ in Sequim-Dungeness Valley

Saying a "growth spurt" has stretched her office staff thin, Clallam County Assessor Linda Owings-Rosenburgh on Monday asked county commissioners to declare a budget emergency… Continue reading

Clallam: New sheriff’s vehicle costs sharply down; policy against personal use now observed

A vehicle-use policy that was a long-running issue between Clallam County Administrator Dan Engelbertson and former Sheriff Joe Hawe has been saving tax dollars since… Continue reading

Under-$2 gasoline is now history across North Olympic Peninsula — why?

If rising gasoline prices leave you fuming and wondering why, the answer is a little more complex than the old supply-and-demand theory. That's only part… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Sawmill reopens today under new ownership

PORT ANGELES -- A lumber mill shut down for five months after 25 years of operation reopens today under new American-Canadian ownership. Production at the… Continue reading

Forks: Rocketeers plan to launch ninth test rocket around mid-month

FORKS -- Space Transports Corp., competing to launch a manned suborbital tourism spacecraft off the North Olympic Peninsula coast by year's end, is scheduled to… Continue reading

Clallam: A bounty of faith, purpose for the needy

Tina Paschich intently scans the raised organic vegetable beds at Evergreen Family Village in Port Angeles. The onetime homeless mother of four, who for more… Continue reading

Clallam: New GOP party chair sees move into former headquarters a symbol of healed wounds

PORT ANGELES -- Turmoil in the Clallam County Republican Party has ended, and party members will once again be celebrating tonight inside their former South… Continue reading

Neah Bay: Coast Guardsman killed in Iraq eulogized by community he adopted

NEAH BAY -- They came from all walks of the Makah community to honor Nathan B. Bruckenthal as a serviceman in the Iraqi war "who… Continue reading

Peninsula: Geoduck aquaculture in area’s future?

Puget Sound shellfish growers are looking -- with questions -- to the North Olympic Peninsula to raise the world's biggest burrowing clam. And state lawmakers… Continue reading

West End: Third-stage of rocket fails – — – next test launch in two weeks

LAKE WENTWORTH -- It's around 7 a.m. Friday, a crystal blue morning. Only a slight chill hung over the 10-foot-high steel test rocket propped up… Continue reading

Peninsula: Retailer Swain’s splits off Port Angeles, Port Townsend/Sequim operations

The Swain's Inc. board of directors has divided the company between the two daughters of the late company founder Cliff Swain. Under board agreement reached… Continue reading

Clallam: Breakthrough in negotiations between county, Humane Society reported

The president of Clallam County Humane Society's board came away encouraged after meeting Wednesday with county Administrator Dan Engelbertson about county funding to help sustain… Continue reading

Clallam: String of fatal highway wrecks spurs cooperative ‘crash review team,’ use of high-tech equipment

Law enforcement agencies in Clallam County are forming a "crash review team," prompted by a string of fatal highway crashes and the need to pool… Continue reading

Mementoes of Clallam County highlight commemoration of 150th anniversary

PORT ANGELES -- Amanda, Melia and Kidist Winters were among the schoolchildren who showed that Sunday's celebration of Clallam County's 150th birthday was more than… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Jazz festival strikes a sweet note

PORT ANGELES -- Three words came out of Gary Sorenson's mouth Sunday afternoon as the fifth annual Jazz in the Olympics music festival was tooting… Continue reading

Happy 150th birthday, Clallam County

Get an inside look at Clallam County's pioneering history at its 150th birthday celebration Sunday in Port Angeles. The sesquicentennial event takes place from noon… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Hospital commissioner Kilpatrick resigns

PORT ANGELES -- Mike Kilpatrick, elected to the Olympic Medical Center board in 1999, has resigned from his position, effective before the end of July.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: OMC, oncologist near ‘win-win’ agreement, administrator tells board

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center is on the verge of working out an agreement with oncologist Dr. Robert Witham, the hospital's administrator said Wednesday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Plan forged to extend sewers

-- but not immediate cityhood -- east to Morse Creek PORT ANGELES -- In what Clallam County and city officials are calling a "breakthrough," the… Continue reading