Tom Callis

Small primary, but Clallam voters will have choices to make in November

All but one incumbent running in the Sequim and Port Angeles city council races will be challenged in this year’s general election, while two council… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council election takes a youthful turn

PORT ANGELES — The face of Port Angeles politics — or at least of those trying to get into public service — is about to… Continue reading

Fallen Green Beret a true leader, hundreds told at Port Angeles memorial [**Gallery**]

PORT ANGELES — Army Capt. Joseph W. Schultz was remembered Saturday not only as a soldier who gave the ultimate sacrifice, but also as a… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula drug team makes large heroin bust

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula’s drug enforcement team said it made its largest heroin bust in recent memory Friday. Officers with the Olympic… Continue reading

Hotel removes logs, but teens say they won’t leave waterfront hangout

PORT ANGELES — Gone are the large logs that bordered the north-side parking lot of the Red Lion Hotel. And with it, hotel management hopes,… Continue reading

Peninsula to honor Green Beret killed in Afghanistan

PORT ANGELES — Some were touched by his friendship, others by his sacrifice. On Saturday, they will gather at Olympic Cellars Winery to remember the… Continue reading

Peninsula Plywood furloughs 50 employees; back in a few days, company president says

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Plywood furloughed 50 workers Tuesday, the same day the City Council agreed to seek a large grant to keep the mill… Continue reading

Port Angeles planners OK tide pools at The Landing mall

PORT ANGELES — The city’s Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved plans to add mooring buoys and artificial tide pools at The Landing mall. The… Continue reading

Question of cutting Lincoln Park trees still open

PORT ANGELES — City Hall has not agreed that the trees at Lincoln Park must be removed, Mayor Dan Di Guilio said during Tuesday's City… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council OKs PenPly $500,000 grant bid

PORT ANGELES — Citing a need to save 115 jobs and create a few more, the City Council on Tuesday approved a grant application on… Continue reading

Port Angeles man sentenced in death of his bedridden father

PORT ANGELES — A 51-year-old man whose father was found covered in his own urine and feces while in his son’s care will serve 41… Continue reading

Sequim man to accept plea in pedestrian’s death, attorney says

PORT ANGELES — Gene S. Mensik, who is charged with killing a Sequim pedestrian while driving drunk in April, is expected to change his plea… Continue reading

Produce stand blooms in front of shuttered supermarket

PORT ANGELES — Bruce Dorcy has, in part, a job interview to thank for his new produce stand. While the former Saar’s Market Place Foods… Continue reading

Port Angeles’ Nippon the last phone book paper mill in U.S.?

PORT ANGELES — Is Nippon the last of a dying breed of paper makers in the United States? To put it simply, yes, according to… Continue reading

Go for another year? Civic leaders ponder if year-round Hurricane Ridge pays off

PORT ANGELES — Visits to Hurricane Ridge were up during the 2011 winter by 12 percent when compared with a five-year average. But is that… Continue reading

Port Angeles shows its support for mother of fallen soldier

PORT ANGELES — Betsy Reed Schultz has felt a lot of emotions since her son, Army Capt. Joseph William Schultz, was killed in Afghanistan one… Continue reading

Coho terminal repairs planned for late 2012

PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles plans to begin replacing sections of the MV Coho ferry terminal dock late next year, said Executive… Continue reading

Hearing Tuesday on Peninsula Plywood grant application

PORT ANGELES — The City Council will decide Tuesday, after a public hearing, whether to seek a $500,000 grant on behalf of Peninsula Plywood. The… Continue reading

Deputies seek driver who trashed yard seeking escape route

PORT ANGELES — It was a rude awakening for Joe Almaden. A man, whose name has not been released, was being chased early Wednesday morning… Continue reading

Grocery buying empty department store building in downtown Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — It was 36 years ago when Robyn Miletich and her husband, John, took a chance by opening a natural-foods grocery in downtown… Continue reading