Jamestown S'Klallam: 28-thousand ducks "swim" in annual fundraiser - Ron Allen of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe won the second place prize or a thousand dollar from Seven Cedars Casino. Liz Mueller won third prize of 500-dollars from the casino. Both work for the tribe and say they will donate their prizes back to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The tribe and casino are major sponsors of the event.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Peninsula's past and future - One of the most dynamic, best organized, best financed, most public-spirited and capable organizations involved in Jefferson County is not formally based here. Instead, it’s just across the county line, in Clallam County – Blyn, to be precise. But, it is deeply interwoven with life here and across the North Olympic Peninsula. And, its influence is growing.

Jamestown S’Klallam: High-Speed Broadband Expansion Connects Jamestown S’Klallam - The Jamestown S’Klallam community of Blyn has been connected to high-speed Internet, the first leg of a major expansion of broadband service under way on the Olympic Peninsula. Northwest Open Access Networks, or NoaNet, is overseeing the project, funded by two federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act grants, to bring high-speed Internet access to underserved communities—including colleges, emergency responders, hospitals, libraries and schools.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Homeward Bound invites all to annual meeting April 4 in Blyn - meward Bound, a community land trust serving Jefferson and Clallam counties, invites the public to its annual meeting at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 4 at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Community Center in Blyn. The meeting includes highlights of the past year and plans to expand the supply of permanently affordable homeownership opportunities.

Jamestown S’Klallam: New totem finds perfect fit - According to a contemporary folk tale, the mischievous Raven is responsible for stealing fire from the Deer Chief and, with effort from fellow animals, spreading its use across the region. With that story in mind, totem creator and carver Dale Faulstich had the concept for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s newest totem, now towering next to the Blyn Fire Station.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Tribe outlines ideas for ‘traffic calming’ in Blyn - The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe hopes to start asphalt resurfacing and pedestrian safety improvements on the stretch of Old Blyn Highway fronting the tribal center this summer. The tribe wants to find ways to slow speeding vehicles for crossing pedestrians, said tribal Chief Operating Officer Annette Nesse.

Jamestown S’Klallam: ‘Traffic calming’ project planned for Blyn area - Four months after quashing proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 101 in Blyn, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is taking a different approach to safety on the east end of the tribal campus. Chief Operations Officer Annette Nesse said about 50 people attended a Feb. 21 meeting to update the public on improvement projects.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Bridge on Sequim Bay planned this year - A $1.86 million government grant-funded project to replace a berm with a bridge will restore fish passage into the northern 37 acres of Washington Harbor estuary marsh and tide flats on West Sequim Bay. The project is planned to begin in June and be completed in October, said Randy Johnson, Jamestown S’Klallam tribe restoration planner.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Towering art: ‘Raven's Gift' newest totem pole in Blyn - Dale Faulstich has created more than 30 totem poles for Jamestown S'Klallam tribe facilities over nearly 20 years. Now he has installed a new one — a two-sided, 21-foot-tall pole fronting the Clallam County Fire District No. 3 fire station in Blyn, just east of Sequim.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Sequim approves critical-areas ordinance - The City Council has approved a critical-areas ordinance after taking into consideration concerns from developer John Wayne Enterprises, Sequim Senior Activity Center officials, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and the state Department of Ecology, which the city has worked with through the process. The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe asked for changes in language in the proposed ordinance that apply to habitat and wetlands.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Sequim approves critical-areas ordinance - The City Council has approved a critical-areas ordinance after taking into consideration concerns from developer John Wayne Enterprises, Sequim Senior Activity Center officials, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and the state Department of Ecology, which the city has worked with through the process.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Meeting Wednesday night on Dungeness Watershed Restoration plan - A public forum tonight on the restoration of the Dungeness River watershed. Olympic National Forest and Jamestown S'Klallam staff will be on hand to outline a collaborative plan to help restore the 129-thousand acre watershed.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Clallam adds second deputy to Blyn area - Clallam County and the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe have teamed up to add a second deputy to enforce tribal and state law in the Blyn area. County commissioners Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve an interlocal agreement that outlines the arrangement: The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe will use $162,862 in federal Bureau of Indian Affairs funds to support a second deputy in the first year and $100,000 annually in subsequent years.

Jamestown S’Klallam: 7 Cedars Casino to expand this year - The 7 Cedars Casino will expand this year with about 200 new slot machines — bringing the total to 750 machines — more table games, a wood-fired oven restaurant and an upscale bar. Ron Allen, Jamestown S’Klallam tribal chairman and chief executive officer, said the renovation, originally planned last year, will take place from April to September.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Tribal chairman blames BofA for costly dispute - Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, broke his silence over the tribe’s costly dispute with Bank of America, saying the bank "made some mistakes on their end."

Jamestown S'Klallam: BofA, Tribe clash - Bank of America has won a $5.2 million judgment against the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe , wrapping up a long court fight over a 6-year-old loan extended to a now-defunct tribal business venture. But despite resolution of the legal case, it’s unclear whether the money will ever be paid. Both sides claim the other broke promises and obfuscated information relevant to a $10 million line of credit that was extended in 2006 to a tribal business, the Jamestown Health & Medical Supply Company.

Jamestown S'Klallam-Lower Elwha-Port Gamble: Smiles abound as Kennewick welcomed - It is not just another ferry, as evidenced by the political and personal messages delivered when the MV Kennewick was officially welcomed Jan. 6 in Port Townsend. Community and political leaders from the Kennewick area of Eastern Washington are ecstatic to have the name on the newest state ferry. The new ferry also has been welcomed by the Native Americans of Washington who historically have used the inland waterways. Eleven musicians representing the Jamestown S’Klallam, Lower Elwha and Port Gamble tribes offered a blessing in the form of two traditional songs.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Ward Road residents are still up in arms - Residents along Ward Road in Sequim are continuing to seek answers to what they see as ever-greater Dungeness River flooding. Randy Johnson, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s restoration planner, said prior to the building of the levees the river was “merrily running down the valley.” He said narrowing the channel has had a profound impact on the river. "Silt, sand and rocks fill the channel, then are scoured out, then it’s refilled," he said. This dynamic is particularly harmful to the fish population, which finds that portion of the river a "hostile environment," Johnson said. The tribe has no jurisdiction in the matter, Johnson said, and was simply brought aboard to help.

Jamestown S’Klallam: ‘Jamestown Girl’ identified at MAC - Gazing with wonderment at a portrait simply titled “Jamestown Girl,” one might easily miss the resemblance between Verna Johnson and the earnest-looking woman in the pastel piece. More than 16 years after posing for the award-winning portrait by artist Joy McCarter, Johnson is seeing herself in artistic form for the first time in “Joy McCarter: In Retrospect,” the January featured art exhibit at the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. MAC program coordinator Priscilla Hudson, who has been working with McCarter in preparation for the exhibit, said the artist has expressed plans to give the “Jamestown Girl” portrait to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe after the MAC exhibition closes.

Makah-Jamestown S’Klallam: Clallam County leaders vow self-improvement in new year - Clallam County civic and community leaders made both personal and professional pledges in their New Year’s resolutions, vowing everything from spending more time with family to listening better to reading more books. Being a compassionate friend and loving family member topped Makah tribe general manager Meredith Parker’s list. Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Ron Allen said he usually isn’t one for resolutions but plans to "find more time in my busy schedule to be with my first grandchild."

Jamestown S’Klallam: 7 Cedars Casino workers save heart attack victim - The man had stopped breathing and was close to death as he lay on the floor of 7 Cedars Casino. But casino employees, including former Jefferson County Undersheriff Ken Sukert, helped revive him after he suffered a heart attack at about 2 p.m. Wednesday, casino security manager Robin Allen and Sequim Fire District No. 3 personnel said Thursday. Allen, the brother of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chairman Ron Allen and casino Chief Operating Officer Jerry Allen, said employees undergo first-aid training twice a year. The last one was two months ago.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Put twinkles in your eyes by viewing holiday decorations - The Jamestown S'Klallam tribe has covered the 7 Cedars Casino and tribal offices in electric brilliance as a “give-back to the community,” said Jerry Allen, casino general manager.

Snoqualmie-Jamestown S'Klallam: Tribe's Fiji resort deal controversial to some, a surprise to others - "It's hurting our tribe; it's pretty sad," said Kanium Ventura, elected to the tribal council in September 2007. "They are supposed to take this to the membership," Ventura said. "There is no benefits for us at Fiji; I don't think it will make much." Some Washington state tribal leaders were surprised by the news. "In Fiji! Wow. That's interesting," said W. Ron Allen, chairman of the executive committee of the Washington Indian Gaming Association and chairman of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe.

Jamestown S’Klallam: Water management rule making waves - With support from Clallam County, the City of Port Angeles, the S’Klallam tribes and Ecology, the Dungeness River Management Team and the Elwha-Morse Management Team created the Elwha-Dungeness Watershed Plan. But there are complications.

Jamestown S’Klallam: State doles out salmon recovery grants - $519,937 to the James-town S’Klallam Tribe to replace undersized culverts. $635,919 to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to build 11 logjams in the Elwha River to increase habitat for salmon. And more.

Lower Elwha Klallam-Jamestown S'Klallam-Port Gamble S'Klallam: Ecology rejects Port Angeles' bid for seat on council assessing natural resource damages at former Rayonier site - The state Department of Ecology has rejected the city's request to be represented on a committee that is assessing natural resource damages inflicted on property occupied for seven decades by the Rayonier pulp mill before it closed.

Jamestown S’Klallam-Port Gamble S’Klallam-Suquamish: Point No Point boat launch closer to reality - The tribes and the Point No Point Treaty Council also sent in letters, concerned the construction would negatively impact fish spawning areas, which are traditional tribal fishing areas. The approved permits do require archaeological monitoring, at the request of the tribes.

Jamestown S'Klallam: Tribal gaming revenues are well used for government, human and charitable services

Jamestown S'Klallam-Lower Elwha-Makah: High-speed Internet tapped for Peninsula by August 2013

Jamestown S'Klallam-Suquamish: Commissioners approve North Kitsap Trails Plan

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Port Gamble S’Klallam-Jamestown S’Klallam-Suquamish: Residents support Point No Point boat launch

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Jamestown S'Klallam: Longhouse exhibit at MAC goes digital

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Jamestown S'Klallam: Highway improvements in Blyn quashed