Tom Callis

Nippon gets $2 million in state funding for $60 million biomass boiler

PORT ANGELES -- Nippon Paper Industries' mill in Port Angeles will receive $2 million in federal funding to build a larger biomass boiler -- if… Continue reading

Agreement finalized for three-year time line for Rayonier site cleanup plan

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Ecology announced today that it has signed a new cleanup agreement with Rayonier Properties LLC. The agreement, known… Continue reading

Clallam economic summit to focus on jobs creation

PORT ANGELES -- This week's $24,000 Economic Development Summit is intended to create a plan for jobs creation in Clallam County and better coordinate the… Continue reading

Welcome home, 35 years later: Vietnam veterans celebrated, thanked in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES -- A long-awaited welcome home came to more than 75 Vietnam War veterans Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the end of the decade-long… Continue reading

Special session agreement, conclusion elusive in Olympia

OLYMPIA -- After two weeks of special session, the North Olympic Peninsula's state representatives are no longer trying to guess when a $2.8 billion budget… Continue reading

After 17 years, widow awaits death row inmate’s execution

SEQUIM -- Denise Hoerner spent the 17th anniversary of the murder of her husband and close friend last week trying to keep herself distracted. She… Continue reading

Man dies of injuries from industrial accident

PORT ANGELES -- A 38-year-old man died Friday from injuries sustained when a conveyor belt he was working on unexpectedly turned on at Evergreen Fibre… Continue reading

Mother who tried to kill child appeals verdict; claims double jeopardy

PORT ANGELES -- A woman who gave her daughter a toxic drink on Christmas more than four years ago in a murder-suicide attempt is seeking… Continue reading

Economic development topic of three-day summit in Port Angeles next week

PORT ANGELES -- A three-day economic development summit that begins next week will focus on reducing duplication between the various public and private agencies and… Continue reading

Lower Elwha man enters plea in poaching; tribe says land is traditional hunting ground

FORKS -- A Lower Elwha Klallam man has pleaded not guilty Monday to a poaching charge that has the tribe at odds with the state,… Continue reading

Driver rolls trailer full of crushed cars near Gorst

GORST -- A Port Angeles man rolled a truck and trailer carrying a full load of crushed cars Wednesday morning, prompting the three-hour closure of… Continue reading

New Port Angeles pool district on track to save money immediately

PORT ANGELES -- The William Shore Memorial Pool District not only will manage Port Angeles' public pool in-house, but also will save money doing so.… Continue reading

Ridge road open all the time? Port Angeles council, Olympic National Park talk to Interior Department

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Hurricane Ridge Road could be kept open daily through the winter on a trial basis for up to three years beginning… Continue reading

Port Angeles antes up $4,000 for 1-day seminar

PORT ANGELES -- A daylong seminar put on by a marketing consultant will cost the city $4,000. The City Council on Thursday approved 6-1 giving… Continue reading

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: $4,000 in fake bills tossed in Dumpster, suspect says — but none recovered

PORT ANGELES -- While trying to avoid police last week, Nathan Wayne Terry sent a text message that said he dumped $4,000 in fake cash… Continue reading

Boat-builder who admits to bank robbery wanted to do right thing, lawyer says

TACOMA -- Port Townsend boat-builder Michael John Fenter pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to four bank robberies in Washington state and California last year.… Continue reading

Death row inmate’s chance for a retrial may hinge on a photograph of his pants

PORT ANGELES -- A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. For the attorneys representing convicted double-murderer Darold Stenson of Sequim, who is… Continue reading

Stenson prosecutor: No evidence withheld in death-row inmate’s trial

PORT ANGELES -- The prosecuting attorney who put Darold Stenson on death row testified Tuesday that no evidence was withheld from the defense during the… Continue reading

Boys & Girls Clubs’ Peninsula program funding threatened by questions on national level

If federal funding for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America dries up, the local chapter's teen program would be in jeopardy, said its director.… Continue reading

Clallam, Port Angeles might go after coveted spot in Google broadband project

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County and Port Angeles city governments use them for their own computer networks. So do some businesses. But fiber-optic cables, which… Continue reading