My Clallam County

December 7, 2018 @ 6:49 am

Rohrer wins west-end District Court seat after recount

PORT ANGELES – Current sitting Clallam County Superior Court judge Erik Rohrer will take back his old job as a district court judge. Today’s certified results of yesterday’s recount did not change the race for Clallam District...Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 6:40 am

Man sentenced to jail time for stealing bus book

PORT ANGELES – Stealing the log book from a transit bus has landed a Port Angeles man in jail for 50 days. 43-year-old Jason Spaulding was sentenced this week after a jury found him guilty. In February,...Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 4:20 pm

City Manager describes process, reasoning behind removing Sequoia

PORT ANGELES – A controversial decision to remove the Giant Sequoia tree from Lions Park in Port Angeles has not changed, despite some passionate protesting at the site and at this week’s Council meeting. The tree was...Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 4:48 pm

Seattle woman dies from brain-eating amoebas

SEATTLE (AP) — Doctors believe a woman who died from rare brain-eating amoebas used tap water to rinse her sinuses. The 69-year-old Seattle resident died in February after undergoing brain surgery. Her doctor was quoted as saying...Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 4:46 pm

Bellevue man sentenced in prostitution case

BELLEVUE (AP) — The leader of a prolific prostitution website based in Bellevue was sentenced Thursday, closing the case of a 2016 bust that shut down the operation and freed 67 sex workers. 49-year-old Charles Peters was...Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 4:45 pm

Group sues Seattle over use of tiny homes for homeless

SEATTLE (AP) — A group is suing the city of Seattle over its use of tiny home villages to combat homelessness. Safe Seattle, which promotes itself as a nonprofit watchdog for public safety and government accountability, filed...Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 7:17 pm

'When is this going to stop?': Florida activist highlights devastating impact of algae blooms on wildlife

Colleen Gill(NAPLES, Fla.) — Colleen Gill walks the beaches in Naples, Florida regularly, a scarf or mask covering her mouth and armed with a camera and cell phone. For months Gill has been documenting the effects of...Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 6:56 pm

Man confined to wheelchair after diving accident injures his spine walks at college graduation

FIU(MIAMI) — A South Florida college student who became confined to a wheelchair after suffering a debilitating spinal injury was able to walk during his graduation ceremony. Venezuela native Aldo Amenta broke his neck when he dove...Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 6:26 pm

Nuns misappropriated $500K in school funds, spending some on gambling and trips, Catholic church says

ABCNews.com(LOS ANGELES) — Two nuns at a Catholic church in Southern California are suspected of embezzling up to $500,000 in school funds, allegedly using some of the money to go on trips and gamble at casinos, a...Read More

December 9, 2018 @ 7:09 am

Scoreboard roundup — 12/8/18

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Saturday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONDallas 107, Houston 104Indiana 107, Sacramento 97Atlanta 106, Denver 98Brooklyn 112, N.Y. Knicks 104Cleveland 116, Washington 101Boston 133, Chicago 77L.A. Lakers 111, Memphis 88Portland...Read More