Tom Callis

No more passports for Jefferson after May 1

PORT TOWNSEND -- East Jefferson County residents will have to travel to Sequim to apply for a passport after May 1 -- one month before… Continue reading

Passport deadline: June 1

PORT ANGELES -- As the June 1 deadline approaches to have a passport or other approved identification -- such as an enhanced identification card --… Continue reading

Buses to begin using Gateway transit center on Monday

PORT ANGELES -- The Gateway transit center will begin to show some life on Monday as buses roll through for the first time. But while… Continue reading

Harbor-Works picks top candidate for executive director

PORT ANGELES -- The Harbor-Works Public Development Authority selected a permanent executive director Friday after five hours of closed door interviews with four candidates, but… Continue reading

Change orders raise cost of bridges

PORT ANGELES -- The cost of the Eighth Street bridges replacement project has increased by $135,929 to $24,176,069 because of change orders approved this week,… Continue reading

Volunteers to clean up Lincoln Park; disc golfers eye park for course

PORT ANGELES -- The city parks division and a group of disc golfers are sponsoring a Lincoln Park volunteer cleanup day that will double as… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents seek to repaint downtown during bridge closure

PORT ANGELES -- When tourists and other travelers return to Port Angeles after the Hood Canal Bridge reopens, they will find a downtown that will… Continue reading

Port Angeles proposal on records access postponed

PORT ANGELES -- Proposed revisions to the city's public records ordinance rewrites most of the document that governs the city's process of how it processes… Continue reading

Port Angeles approves park sponsorship policy

PORT ANGELES -- The naming rights of city park facilities and programs can now be sold, according to a sponsorship policy unanimously approved by the… Continue reading

District legislators not in favor of state income tax

OLYMPIA -- North Olympic Peninsula lawmakers are not embracing a proposal to enact a state income tax on the wealthy to help deal with a… Continue reading

Proposed budgets fund two ferries for Port Townsend-Keystone route

The state Legislature has included funding for two 64-car ferries to be built for the Port Townsend-Keystone route in each of the proposed July 2009-July… Continue reading

First wave of Census work begins Monday on North Olympic Peninsula

The first visible part of the 2010 U.S. Census will begin Monday on the North Olympic Peninsula as census workers walk house-to-house verifying addresses. A… Continue reading

Oil tanker in Port Angeles for repair

PORT ANGELES -- A 780-foot oil tanker arrived in Port Angeles Harbor Wednesday evening to have a 4-inch crack in its main deck repaired. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles home fire extinguished

PORT ANGELES -- Port Angeles firefighters extinguished a fire in a home at 120 E. 10th St. this morning. The fire began at about 9… Continue reading

Some of fence to come down from around The Gateway center

PORT ANGELES -- Most of the fencing around The Gateway will be brought down this morning, but the $14.7 million downtown transit center won't be… Continue reading

Tribe asks to expand reservation; Hoh members testify in D.C.

Members of the Hoh tribe testified in Washington, D.C., on Thursday on Congressional legislation that would allow them to expand their reservation in West Jefferson… Continue reading

Gateway fencing to come down Friday — but Port Angeles transit center won’t open yet

PORT ANGELES -- Most of the fencing around The Gateway will be brought down Friday morning, but the $14.7 million downtown transit center won't be… Continue reading

Gottschalks liquidation sale starts Friday

PORT ANGELES -- The last of Gottschalks' merchandise will be up for grabs at its Port Angeles store on Friday as the department-store chain begins… Continue reading

Port Angeles flights may be in trouble despite help

PORT ANGELES -- Local public entities and community organizations have lent a helping hand to Kenmore Air by pledging to help the company market its… Continue reading

Harbor-Works to hire executive director within a month

PORT ANGELES -- The Harbor-Works Public Development Authority intends to have a permanent executive director hired within the next three weeks. Five new candidates will… Continue reading