Tom Callis

Port Angeles proposes $130 million budget, no tax hikes

PORT ANGELES — City Hall is proposing a $130 million budget next year without any tax increases. The budget, presented to the Port Angeles City… Continue reading

Decision on PenPly utility payment plan delayed by Port Angeles City Council

PORT ANGELES — The City Council, for a second time, delayed Tuesday adopting a plan for Peninsula Plywood to pay its delinquent utility bills. The… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents to pay more for utilities next year

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles residents will pay about $8 more per month for utilities next year. But how they do that remains to be… Continue reading

Explosions blast new channel for Elwha River

PORT ANGELES — The Elwha River will change its course this week after two rounds of explosions blasted a new channel at the Elwha Dam.… Continue reading

Horse logger leaves little trace on Port Angeles land

PORT ANGELES — “Gee! Haw!” Greg Lane shouted as he directed his two large draft horses through the woods up Deer Park Road. The American… Continue reading

Missing woman, 26, is reportedly seen in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Jennifer Pimentel, a developmentally disabled woman who has been missing for nearly a week, was seen in Port Angeles last Tuesday with… Continue reading

Occupy protests held in Port Angeles, Port Townsend

PORT ANGELES — An Occupy Wall Street demonstration, such as those that have sparked a movement against growing economic inequality nationwide, drew about 200 people… Continue reading

Keegan to move on after decade of Peninsula College growth

Tom Keegan, who led Peninsula College through an unprecedented decade of growth with new campus buildings and facilities in Port Angeles as well as larger… Continue reading

Proposal on recycling fees falls flat at Port Angeles meeting

PORT ANGELES — A proposal to lower garbage hauling fees for those who don’t recycle may soon be tossed out. The Port Angeles Utility Advisory… Continue reading

Keegan selected new president of Skagit Valley College

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College President Tom Keegan has been selected the new president of Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon. The Skagit Valley College… Continue reading

No archeological artifacts found in planned sewer path in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — There was an ax handle and remnants of old bottles, but a dig for artifacts at the former Rayonier pulp mill site… Continue reading

Port Angeles: $40 million for sewage spill fix

PORT ANGELES — The project comes with a hefty price tag: $40 million. But city Engineer Mike Puntenney said Tuesday evening that the city’s plan… Continue reading

Volunteers complete section of Olympic Discovery Trail

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers have completed another section of Olympic Discovery Trail. About a mile of the former railroad grade in west Port Angeles was… Continue reading

300 join in gourmet’s gallop; ex-TV chef delights crab festival-goers in Port Angeles [ *** GALLERY and VIDEO *** ]

PORT ANGELES — He was a new, more enlightened Galloping Gourmet. With energetic hands and a gleeful smile, ­Graham Kerr mixed his old love for… Continue reading

Coalition, Olympic National Park at odds over trail width

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A proposed 3.5-mile addition to Olympic Discovery Trail on the north shore of Lake Crescent has gained an unlikely opponent: the… Continue reading

PenPly owes Port Angeles $279,419 in overdue utility bills; City Council ponders what to do

PORT ANGELES — The City Council has delayed taking action against Peninsula Plywood, which owes the city $279,419 in delinquent utility bills, because several council… Continue reading

Port Angeles looks at revising utility billing methods

PORT ANGELES — Should residents be charged more for recycling? The City Council grappled with the question, as well as how the city should pay… Continue reading

Corrections officer who shot inmate back on the job at Clallam Bay prison

CLALLAM BAY — The Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer who shot and killed an inmate attempting to escape in June returned to his post last… Continue reading

Final day for Port Angeles veterans display

PORT ANGELES — During a chilly evening Saturday, about 70 people gathered to remember the 58,252 names listed on a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replica… Continue reading

Peninsula counties, school districts losing federal timber funds

A federal funding stream that has supported road maintenance and schools on the North Olympic Peninsula for over a decade is about to run dry.… Continue reading