Tom Callis

Spate of home, business burglaries seems confined to Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A spate of summer burglaries of homes and businesses appears to have been contained to Port Angeles, with no spike reported in… Continue reading

Lower Elwha resume seeking artifacts at Tse-whit-zen site

PORT ANGELES -- Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members are once again searching for artifacts at the site of the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen. Five… Continue reading

UPDATE/CORRECTION — Port Angeles burglary reports much slower; arrests credited

EDITOR'S NOTE — The following corrects an earlier article that said burglary reports in Port Angeles had dropped to zero in the past week. Port… Continue reading

Both sides of Border Patrol controversy demonstrate on street

PORT ANGELES -- Opponents of expanding the Border Patrol's presence on the North Olympic Peninsula came out this week, as they did two years before,… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council supports fire district consolidation

PORT ANGELES -- The proposed consolidation of the Port Angeles Fire Department and Clallam County Fire District No. 2 gained the support of the Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles to buy Rayonier tank, acreage for $995,000

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council agreed Tuesday to buy a large tank on Rayonier's former mill site and a portion of the property for… Continue reading

Home sales get tax-credit boost in Clallam County; Jefferson bucks trend

Homebuyers hoping to cash in on a federal tax credit that expires next month gave a boost to the housing market in Clallam County and… Continue reading

Wildfire in Olympic National Park grows (with video)

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- A fire on Mount Hopper swelled to about 180 acres Saturday, sending up a plume of smoke seen for many miles.… Continue reading

Rossi makes Peninsula campaign stops

PORT ANGELES -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi told a crowd of about 66 supporters last week that a Constitutional amendment is needed to… Continue reading

All-winter Hurricane Ridge Road campaign nearing its goal

PORT ANGELES -- Today is the last day to donate to the campaign to keep Hurricane Ridge Road open daily from November through March. The… Continue reading

Man sentenced to 20 months for high-speed chase on U.S. 101

PORT ANGELES -- Lawrence Pearson will spend 20 months in prison for leading authorities on a high-speed chase across the West End last spring. Pearson,… Continue reading

Woman escapes from Clallam County courtroom

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Superior Court Judge George Wood told a 35-year-old woman Wednesday morning she was going to go to jail for violating… Continue reading

Suspected burglar arrives at Port Angeles police station — in a taxi

PORT ANGELES -- After increasing patrols and using high-tech equipment to attempt to trap those responsible for a recent spate of burglaries, it turns out… Continue reading

Woman defendant escapes from Clallam County Courthouse

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Superior Court Judge George Wood told a 35-year-old woman Wednesday morning she was going to go to jail for violating… Continue reading

Councilman urges different solution to Port Angeles sewer overflow; mayor, city manager surprised by his letter to Ecology

PORT ANGELES -- City Councilman Max Mania has been a critic of the city's plan to use a large tank on Rayonier's former mill site… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam tribe has its own ideas for redeveloping Rayonier site (**Online bonus: Read letter to Gov. Gregoire**)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Want to read the letter by Jamestown S'Klallam Chairman Ron Allen to Gov. Chris Gregoire? Click on http://issuu.com/peninsuladailynews/docs/jamestownrayonierletter?mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true PORT ANGELES -- The Jamestown… Continue reading

Rash of burglaries continues in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- Police are investigating five more home burglaries that occurred earlier this week, adding to the summer's un-usually high number of break-ins. Deputy… Continue reading

Those campaign signs! Counties, cities differ on where they can be stuck into ground

At the beginning of every political campaign season, the city of Port Angeles has told political candidates: Keep your signs off public property. But last… Continue reading

Traffic ticket technicality has little effect on North Peninsula

An oversight on the part of the state Department of Licensing that invalidates some traffic tickets should have little impact on the North Olympic Peninsula,… Continue reading

Dungeness man, 59, charged with sex crimes

PORT ANGELES -- A 59-year-old man charged with the child rape of a relative is being investigated after another relative said he also sexually abused… Continue reading