My Clallam County

June 22, 2021 @ 3:58 pm

Dream Playground volunteers hit the ground running

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Dream Playground community build got under way Tuesday with a swarm of volunteers ready for action. They arrived to find the site pocked with post holes and waiting for wood,...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 3:46 pm

“Fake bomb” suspect also had an actual IED and gun powder to make it work

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Police say John Spradlin, the suspect found on Monday to be in possession of a realistic looking but fake explosive device in Port Angeles, was also in possession of an actual...Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 6:25 pm

A steep rise in the price to file county documents is coming

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The cost of filing certain documents with the Clallam County Auditor’s Office is going up next month thanks to a new statewide $100 surcharge. House Bill 1227, which was passed during...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 4:47 pm

Seahawks, Huskies and Cougars going full fan capacity

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks intend to have full capacity crowds at Lumen Field for the upcoming season after the team received approval from the NFL and local and state health officials to completely reopen the...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 4:32 pm

No charges against officers in death of prisoner

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — The Kitsap County prosecutor says he won’t file charges against corrections officers involved in last year’s death of a mentally ill murder suspect at the jail. Prosecutor Chad Enright says Sean Howell’s...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 4:17 pm

Portland police get new rules for making traffic stops

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon are being advised to no longer pursue drivers for low-level traffic infractions — including expired plates and broken headlights — unless related to an immediate safety threat. Portland Mayor...Read More

September 17, 2626 @ 12:00 am

Summer forecast calls for intensifying drought across American West

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The western United States is in the midst of an intensifying drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, nearly 52% of the western U.S. is in “extreme” or “exceptional drought.”...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 5:02 pm

Veteran celebrates 90th birthday by skydiving

Courtesy of Skydive Utah (ERDA, Utah) — U.S. Army veteran Joseph Dale Jaramillo proved that you’re never too old to fulfill a dream. On his 90th birthday, Jaramillo jumped from a plane at 14,000 feet on Saturday...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 11:56 am

Two men charged in 2-year-old's fatal shooting on Detroit interstate

carlballou/iStock (DETROIT) — Two young men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 2-year-old Brison Christian on a Detroit interstate, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Darius Evonte Lanier, 19, and Eugene Meredith Hubbard,...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 10:24 am

NCAA hands down punishments against Creighton men's basketball, former assistant coach, for violations

cmannphoto/iStock (OMAHA, Neb.) — Creighton University’s men’s basketball program was handed down a series of punishments on Tuesday, as part of an NCAA investigation into rules violations. The NCAA report found that former Blue Jays assistant coach...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 8:31 am

Washington Spirit's Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender man

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kumi Yokoyama, a forward for the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit and the Japanese national team, came out as a transgender man in a video posted to YouTube...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 7:34 am

Minnesota Vikings rookie injured in shooting, expected to recover

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Minnesota Vikings rookie Jaylen Twyman was one of several people injured in a shooting in Washington, D.C. on Monday, the team said. Twyman’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN that Twyman...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 2:40 pm

Meryl Streep gets NYC subway tribute on her 72nd birthday

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for TNT Meryl Streep got a birthday gift any New Yorker could appreciate. In honor of legendary actress’ 72nd birthday Tuesday, artist and photographer Adrian Wilson and artist/production designer Matt Duncan teamed up to...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 2:00 pm

Emmy Awards announce gender-neutral option for performers

Evan Agostini/Getty Images The Emmys are making some changes. On Monday, the Television Academy’s Board of Governors announced that it has approved a gender-neutral option for nominees and winners, which will go into effect this year. “Now,...Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 1:13 pm

'The Good Lord Bird,' 'Unorthodox' pick up Peabody awards

Ethan Hawke as John Brown in The Good Lord Bird. Photo Credit: William Gray/SHOWTIME. The Good Lord Bird and Unorthodox are among the second batch of Peabody Award winners, announced Tuesday. Showtime’s limited series The Good Lord...Read More