Tom Callis

Lower Elwha Klallam tribe’s sewer system response to dam tear-down

PORT ANGELES — Construction of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe's first sewer system is well under way. Crews began installing the sewer line, which will… Continue reading

Port Angeles dioxin level high, but risk not great, experts say after study by Ecology Department

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles, with its long history of mills, appears to have a higher level of dioxin in its soil than most communities,… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Hall to review downtown association contract

PORT ANGELES — City Hall plans to give the Port Angeles Downtown Association a performance review in response to dissension in the business group's ranks.… Continue reading

Garbage slips out as nature erodes Port Angeles bluff

PORT ANGELES — A section of the bluff at the former Port Angeles landfill has slipped out, exposing garbage. City staff discovered the slide, about… Continue reading

New study pinpoints dioxins in Port Angeles from old pulp mill [Includes link to Ecology report]

Read the study, including maps pinpointing dioxin findings in Port Angeles, here: http://tinyurl.com/pdndioxin PORT ANGELES — A newly released study shows that the former Rayonier… Continue reading

PenPly roars back: Plywood mill doubles production, hires 30 new workers

PORT ANGELES — What a difference a month makes. After nearly facing closure at the beginning of June, Peninsula Plywood has more than doubled production… Continue reading

Logs destined for China stacking up on Port Angeles waterfront

PORT ANGELES — Logs headed for China have been stacking up in recent weeks on the Port Angeles waterfront as suppliers face a softening market… Continue reading

Inmate who survived failed escape attempt is relocated from Clallam Bay prison

PORT ANGELES — The inmate who took a corrections officer hostage during a botched escape attempt at Clallam Bay Corrections Center last week was moved… Continue reading

Sheriff’s evidence theft case trial delayed

PORT ANGELES — The trial of a former Clallam County sheriff’s employee accused of stealing $8,644 from the evidence room has been rescheduled to Oct.… Continue reading

What do we do without cable TV and Internet? Much of Peninsula finds out with outage

PORT ANGELES — A severed fiber optic cable disrupted Internet, phone and cable TV services across the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday. About 1,000 feet… Continue reading

Internet, phone, cable TV restored after cable severed

PORT ANGELES — A severed fiber optic cable that affected Internet, phone and cable TV services in Clallam County today (Wednesday) has been repaired, a… Continue reading

Coast Guard to remember victims on first anniversary of crash

PORT ANGELES — After a ceremony in Port Angeles, a wreath will be placed Thursday morning in the water off LaPush where three Coast Guard… Continue reading

Fluoride foes appeal Port Angeles, Forks water issue to Supreme Court

PORT ANGELES — Anti-fluoride activists on the North Olympic Peninsula are once again taking their case to the state Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in a… Continue reading

Port Angeles City Council votes more funds to help keep Hurricane Ridge open all winter in 2012

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles City Hall will provide a third of the community funds needed to keep Hurricane Ridge Road open daily from late… Continue reading

Fire aftermath: Before it was New Peking, Top Spot had ‘biggest dance floor west of Seattle’

PORT ANGELES — The New Peking Restaurant and Lounge, which was destroyed by a fire Tuesday, had been a staple of the Port Angeles bar… Continue reading

Port Angeles biomass permit approved; Port Townsend biomass project appealed (with Longview biomass story)

Five environmental groups have taken their case against Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill's biomass cogeneration project to Thurston County Superior Court. In Port Angeles, Nippon… Continue reading

New Port Angeles park policies aimed at loitering youth — especially at entrance to City Pier

PORT ANGELES — City Hall has stepped up efforts to make one downtown park less attractive for some of the town’s youths. Aimed at reducing… Continue reading

Guard taken hostage was alone among 104 inmates [**Video**]

CLALLAM BAY— A prison guard was the only corrections officer supervising 104 inmates in the laundry and garment area when he was taken hostage Wednesday… Continue reading

Clallam Bay residents glad no prison employee was seriously injured

CLALLAM BAY — Karen McMahon, who has owned a convenience store in the shadows of a state prison for nine years, said Wednesday’s escape attempt… Continue reading

It’s not easy being green: Drivers, bicyclists introduced to ‘bike boxes’ in street

PORT ANGELES — A downtown street got a splash of color last week after light-green “bike boxes” — a first for Port Angeles — were… Continue reading