Downtown mural restoration project continues apace

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PORT ANGELES – Progress continues on the mural restoration project in downtown Port Angeles, sponsored and paid for by the Nor’Wester Rotary Club. Artist Cory Ench has been working diligently, often 7-days-a-week, to bring back the luster

Ukranian Microsoft worker charged

SEATTLE (AP) — A former Microsoft worker has been charged in what investigators describe as a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency. 25-year-old Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Kvashuk helped test Microsoft’s online retail sales platform. He’s

State to pay $50K to man released early from prison

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is paying $50,000 to a man who was rearrested after being mistakenly released early from prison due to a long-running software glitch. Orlando Wright was one of more than 3,000 inmates released

Troopers collide during chase of stolen vehicle

BELLEVUE (AP) — Authorities say a police chase that ended on Interstate 90 in Bellevue injured one trooper and damaged two state patrol vehicles. KOMO reports the crash on westbound I-90 in Bellevue happened about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Two

Would you trade the gas tax for a pay-per-mile system?

OLYMPIA (AP) — Transportation officials are considering replacing Washington state’s gas tax to a system that would charge drivers by the mile. The state Transportation Commission is expected to vote in December on tax recommendations to give