James Casey

Fog lingering over Peninsula, but should clear by Thanksgiving night

Weather as murky as a Port Townsend ghost continued to haunt the North Olympic Peninsula on Tuesday, with no parting of the shroud foreseen before… Continue reading

Air stagnation alert continues along Strait coast

Eastern Clallam County and parts of Jefferson County remained under an air-stagnation alert Monday, keeping Kenmore Air Express grounded even as ground fog lifted from… Continue reading

Clallam transit moves toward biodiesel fuel

PORT ANGELES -- That Clallam Transit bus you're stuck behind will start smelling sweeter come March. That's when the countywide system's coaches will begin burning… Continue reading

‘Disaster fatigue’ affects donations for some Peninsula charities

Charity may start at home, but that's also where it seems to be stopping this season. Apparently tapped out by giving to victims of a… Continue reading

Clallam: Paratransit Services schedule to remain on line

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam Transit System plans no changes in Paratransit Services in 2006 except to increase the annual number of hours it transports disabled… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Fog prompts flight cancellations at airport

PORT ANGELES -- Fog barely thinner than clam chowder grounded Kenmore Air Express flights out of William R. Fairchild International Airport Saturday afternoon and all… Continue reading

West End: Mineral dispute brews over Shi Shi Beach

NEAH BAY -- Visitors to Shi Shi Beach call its natural splendors priceless. Not so the mineral riches that lie beneath it. Shi Shi overlies… Continue reading

Port Angeles: OMC chief to discuss Virginia Mason solutions

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center CEO Mike Glenn promised Wednesday to initiate "discussion-starter possible solutions" to the Virginia Mason clinic crisis and to introduce… Continue reading

Clallam: Commissioners honor stop-smoking counselor, proclaim Smokeout Day

PORT ANGELES -- Clallam County commissioners honored a stop-smoking counselor Tuesday and proclaimed Thursday to be Great American Smokeout Day, living up to a tobacco-prevention… Continue reading

Clallam: Lower Elwha clinic talking to Virginia Mason doctors

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center isn't the only health care provider that could ride to the rescue of Virginia Mason patients. The Lower Elwha… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Scores attend Olympic Medical Center hearing on future of Virginia Mason clinic

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners received a mixed message -- a tangled one, really -- from more than 100 people who attended Saturday's… Continue reading

Clallam: OMC slates hearing on sale of Virginia Mason clinic Saturday –

PORT ANGELES -- The public can have its say Saturday on what role Olympic Medical Center should play in the impending sale of Virginia Mason… Continue reading

Clallam: Transit System honors 15 millionth bus rider

PORT ANGELES -- Adrian Ripley of Port Angeles took a bus rider's holiday Thursday, fated to be Clallam Transit System's 15 millionth rider and feted… Continue reading

Actor John Amos to tell tale of ‘Halley’s Comet’ in PA

PORT ANGELES -- Well-known actor John Amos arrived in Port Angeles on Wednesday to tell an elderly African-American's tale to people of all ages, colors… Continue reading

Doctor accuses OMC of purchasing imaging equipment to compete with him

PORT ANGELES -- Financial figures took a back seat to arguments Wednesday when Olympic Medical Center's budget hearing broke down into a quarrel over private… Continue reading

OMC won’t buy Virginia Mason’s Port Angeles properties outright, board members say

PORT ANGELES -- Although other options may remain, Olympic Medical Center won't buy the local Virginia Mason Clinic outright and run it in its present… Continue reading

Lofty goals for ending homelessness in Clallam

PORT ANGELES -- Cut homelessness in half in Clallam County by 2015? It can be done -- it will be done -- say social service… Continue reading

Port Angeles: Olympic Medical Center to discuss real estate

PORT ANGELES -- Olympic Medical Center commissioners will meet in a closed session Wednesday to discuss real estate. A closed session also preceded their Oct.… Continue reading

Halloween couture: Pillaging Vikings, pirates and sexy witches in vogue this spooky season

Ghosties and ghoulies may be passé this Halloween, but long-legged beasties are in vogue if you count Vikings. At Premier Party Rentals, 1409 E. First… Continue reading

Loose dogs in back of pickup trucks rile animal activists

PORT ANGELES -- Animal advocates are urging North Olympic Peninsula police to enforce laws that prohibit carrying animals unsafely in motor vehicles. Their main target… Continue reading