State Supreme Court rules in favor of sex offender, formerly of Sequim
PORT ANGELES – The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a convicted sex offender who has appealed, and prevailed in, several convictions. The court denied further review of the sex offense conviction of former
DNR report says many Washington schools will not withstand major earthquake
PORT ANGELES — A new report form the Washington Department of Natural Resources found that most of the 222 school buildings that officials examined across our state, including here in the Port Angeles School District, would be
27 year sentence for killer of Bellingham woman
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A man found guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering a young woman nearly 30 years ago near Bellingham has been sentenced to nearly 27 years in prison. Judge Robert Olson sentenced 51-year-old Timothy
Body of missing hiker found in Cascade Mountains
NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say searchers looking for a missing hiker in the Cascades have located the body of a man, and it’s believed to be the hiker. The missing hiker, 56-year-old Aumaraswami “Kumar” Rao,
Seattle’s Golden Gardens reopens after sewage dump
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say a Puget Sound beach in Seattle has reopened after an estimated 165,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the water last week. The beach at Golden Garden Park was back open Monday afternoon.
Washington leads the country in UFO sightings
Washington state is the hottest UFO hot spot in the nation, according to a new report. The study, by Satelliteinternet.com, used data collected by the National UFO Reporting Center and found that Washington has had 78 sightings of
Tornado touches down in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado formed and touched down in Portland on Monday night. The NWS rated it an EF-0 with wind speeds estimated at 80 mph. Early damage reports say the tornado
Politics and patriotism mix at Trump's 4th of July event
Choreograph/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Politics and patriotism will mix on the Fourth of July as President Donald Trump plans to deliver an address at the Lincoln Memorial and give front-row, VIP access to government officials and political allies. The
Project Lifesaver works, and here’s how
SEQUIM – A serious story with a happy ending played out on Sunday near Sequim that brings to light a life-saving program in our area called, fittingly, Project Lifesaver. At about 3:30 in the afternoon Juanita Commeree
Airline apologizes after placing unaccompanied 14-year-old on flight to wrong country
VictorHuang/iStock(NEWARK, N.J.) — A couple in Raleigh, North Carolina, are breathing a sigh of relief — and still awaiting answers from two airlines — after their 14-year-old son was accidentally placed on the wrong flight to a