James Casey

Chapman drops run for sheriff, vows to bow out of politics in 2008

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman has called off his campaign for sheriff. He won't run for re-election for commissioner in two years,… Continue reading

Departing Clallam County administrator hailed by Port Angeles chamber members

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County's in good shape, soon-to-retire County Administrator Dan Engelbertson said Monday. What he didn't say was that the situation in no… Continue reading

Ailing Serenity House cat getting a helping hand

PORT ANGELES -- Peninsula Friends of Animals will try to save Gato's remaining eight lives on Tuesday. They and the residents of the Single Adult… Continue reading

Dream comes true for Port Angeles mom, her children

PORT ANGELES -- It wasn't your typical house party. Then again, it isn't your typical house. A week ago, it wasn't there. About 50 people… Continue reading

Can North Olympic Peninsula be a successful wine-growing region?

PORT ANGELES -- Grape day in the morning! Kathy Charlton has secured the funding to locate Clallam County micro-climates that could sustain vineyards. Charlton, majority… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center hears of innovative Medicare billing plan

PORT ANGELES -- Make money from Medicare! Sounds like something you'd read inside a matchbook before matches went the way of cigarettes. It can be… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center forming task force on future of Clallam health care

PORT ANGELES -- A task force of doctors and Olympic Medical Center administrators will spend the next four months examining permanent options for providing primary… Continue reading

Clallam commissioners OK seeking funds for emergency communications upgrade

PORT ANGELES -- You can't hear there from here. Emergency communications across the North Olympic Peninsula are beset by dead spots, blocked by mountains or… Continue reading

Transportation boss responds to graving audit

PORT ANGELES -- State Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald has lashed back at his critics in a point-by-point rebuttal to a legislative audit of the Hood… Continue reading

Pink paddles to raise Native American awareness of breast cancer

PORT ANGELES -- Eleven bright-pink canoe paddles received their baptism in Lake Crescent on Sunday in the hands of women determined to raise awareness of… Continue reading

Findings, urgings — and the money trail

Key findings: FOTH & VAN DYKE's report makes these observations on the Port Angeles graving yard, among others: * The state Transportation Department did little… Continue reading

News analysis: Latest graving yard report full of hindsight

PORT ANGELES -- The latest report on the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard appears to be a case of closing the barn door after the… Continue reading

How the state lost $86.9 million in Port Angeles

Planning that came too late and construction that sped ahead too fast doomed the Hood Canal Bridge graving yard, a legislative audit of the project… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center faces ‘scary’ financial situation

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center has taken the first of what may be many long looks at itself, and what it sees is "scary."… Continue reading

Clallam officials ponder moves to relieve jail overcrowding

Clallam County court officials will explore performing pretrial sanity assessments locally as one strategy to reduce overcrowding at the county jail. In the meantime, county… Continue reading

Good turnout makes Juan de Fuca Festival leader upbeat

PORT ANGELES -- For Anna Manildi, only 12 months remain before the next Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts. "Event planning is just an… Continue reading

Charles elected to third term of Elwha tribal council

PORT ANGELES -- Frances Charles easily won re-election Saturday to a third term of heading the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal council. She captured more than… Continue reading

Vendors at Juan de Fuca Festival discover the road as an art form

PORT ANGELES -- Combine the talent of an artist with a gypsy's love to wander, and you'll get Terry Stolz, or someone mighty like him.… Continue reading

Alleged assailant shot by police remains hospitalized

FORKS -- The man who was shot Sunday by Forks police -- who say he charged them with a sword and what looked like a… Continue reading

Bullet misses mark, hits child’s bedroom

FORKS -- A .40-caliber bullet that Forks police fired early Sunday at a man they said charged them instead broke a 5-year-old boy's bedroom window… Continue reading