Lauridsen roadwork commences on Monday

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PORT ANGELES – The two-month project to make Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles a safer roadway for drivers and pedestrians gets under way on Monday. Besides the total resurfacing of the road from Lincoln Street to just

5 Acre School in Sequim transitions to non-profit status

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SEQUIM – After 25 years as a privately-owned-and-operated school, Five Acre School in Sequim this month became a non- profit organization. Founders Bill and Juanita Jevne retired six years ago and sold the school to Autumn and

Some vax exemptions expire on Sunday

OLYMPIA(AP) — Under a new law that takes effect Sunday, parents in Washington state will no longer be able to cite philosophical or personal beliefs to exempt their children from the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

Elderly Spokane man in jail two years awaiting trial

SPOKANE (AP) — A 72-year-old Spokane County man is frustrated that he has languished in jail for more than two years awaiting trial. William Mitchell’s case has been delayed over twenty times due in part to his

Idaho police looking into restaurant scammer

SPOKANE (AP) — Idaho restaurants say they have been scammed out of hundreds of dollars by someone ordering dozens of pizza over the phone but failing to pick them up. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating

Ole Miss student's murder puts spotlight on violence against women

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Ally Kostial/VSCO(OXFORD, Miss.) —  The death of University of Mississippi student Alexandria “Ally” Kostial, and the subsequent arrest of one of her male classmates for murder, has drawn renewed attention to violence against women, particularly gun violence.