Tom Callis

Peninsula teachers to make the call on whether students see televised Obama speech

The head of Port Townsend public schools says teachers likely will be too busy to show President Barack Obama's televised address to students on the… Continue reading

Cost-of-living raises stay, unions tell Port Angeles City Hall

PORT ANGELES -- Representatives of the four unions that represent about 88 percent of the city's staff have told city officials they won't renegotiate their… Continue reading

Rainy Forks running low on water; officials urge conservation

FORKS -- The wettest town in the Northwest is cutting back on water use for the first time in decades. City leaders are asking residents… Continue reading

What??? Rainy Forks cuts back on water use

FORKS — Dry weather producing lower-than-normal rainfall is not sparing one of the rainiest towns in the nation. The city is requesting that its residents… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Clallam, port to jointly seek big money for works projects

PORT ANGELES -- The City Council has officially given the OK for city staff to seek nearly $37 million for 11 transportation-related projects. The city,… Continue reading

Port Angeles candidates face off over Rayonier site future

PORT ANGELES -- Rayonier Inc.'s former pulp mill site dominated a forum among four City Council candidates during a Port Angeles Rotary Club meeting Wednesday.… Continue reading

Neah Bay man accused of vehicle-ramming incident

NEAH BAY -- Road rage may be an understatement for a 31-year-old Neah Bay man accused of ramming a car with his truck on two… Continue reading

Neah Bay man faces federal charges in drug bust; Ecstasy worth $720,000

NEAH BAY -- A 21-year-old Neah Bay man is in federal custody after attempting to smuggle about 60,000 tablets of the illegal drug Ecstasy from… Continue reading

Coast Guard seizes 60,000 ecstasy tablets off Neah Bay

NEAH BAY — The Coast Guard has seized about 60,000 ecstasy tablets from a small boat in the waters off Neah Bay. The 18-foot boat,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Saturday market moving downtown

PORT ANGELES -- The Saturday Port Angeles Farmers Market will make The Gateway its long-term home beginning this weekend, but with a few less vendors.… Continue reading

U.S., foreign coast guard crews train together on Strait

PORT ANGELES -- Coast guard-related crews from around the Pacific Rim practiced search and rescue, law enforcement and other drills together in the Strait of… Continue reading

Visiting foreign seamen make Port Angeles cash registers ring

PORT ANGELES -- Seamen from across the ocean turned a three-day tour into a shopping spree this week. With 100-dollar bills in hand, groups both… Continue reading

Vehicular homicide trials linked to motorcycle fatality set for fall

PORT ANGELES -- Trials have been set for November for the two drivers charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a Sequim woman one… Continue reading

Update: Search suspended for two Port Angeles men lost on Strait of Juan de Fuca in 14-foot boat

Update: The Coast Guard announced about 1 p.m. today that it has suspended the search for two Port Angeles fishermen lost on the Strait of… Continue reading

Dicks has change of heart, will hold health care town hall on North Olympic Peninsula

PORT TOWNSEND -- Congressman Norm Dicks, who had been under pressure to hold town hall meetings on proposed health care reform but feared they would… Continue reading

Firms seek local contractors as they bid for hatchery project

PORT ANGELES -- Two companies hoping to win a contract to build the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's new fish hatchery have recently ramped up their… Continue reading

No longer a department store? Owners of Gottschalks building consider other options

PORT ANGELES -- The former Gottschalks building may never again house a department store. All efforts to recruit a department store or other major retailer… Continue reading

Union protests with giant rat display

PORT ANGELES -- About six laborers protested a job expo Thursday -- not with signs, but with a gigantic inflated rat tethered to the bed… Continue reading

Port Angeles to receive Ecology funds for harbor development

PORT ANGELES -- The city will receive up to $230,000 through 2010 from the state Department of Ecology to plan for development of Port Angeles… Continue reading

Jobless rate drops in both counties

Unemployment in Jefferson County dropped more than an entire percentage point in July. The jobless rate went from 8.5 percent in June to 7.4 percent… Continue reading