Great Shake Out earthquake drill comes Thursday morning

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PORT ANGELES – Thursday marks another Great Washington Shake Out. Every 17th of October, local agencies, businesses and residents will participate in a drill simulating a major earthquake hitting the area. The drill begins at 10:17 Thursday

Neo-Nazi group claims responsibility for racist flyers

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A neo-Nazi group that promotes violence against Jews and people of color is claiming responsibility for racist flyers that appeared outside a church in Spokane. The flyers were taped to signposts and utility

Brits held by feds after entering US illegally

Seven members of an extended British family who made an unauthorized crossing into the United States from Canada are being held in federal custody at a Pennsylvania detention center nearly two weeks after their arrest. U.S. border

Missing mushroom hunter found safe

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have found a 75-year-old woman who disappeared Saturday while picking mushrooms east of Vancouver, Washington. The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office says Jung VanAtta was located Tuesday. She was last seen Saturday morning

Objects tossed from overpass damages cars

SEATTLE — The State Patrol and Seattle police are still looking for whoever is responsible for tossing heavy objects from an overpass into oncoming traffic. Troopers say two vehicles were damaged from an object thrown from the

Whidbey Island skull identified

Whidbey Island – A skull belonging to a man missing since 2000 was found by a hunter over the weekend on Whidbey Island. The skull was found by the hunter while walking in a wooded area along Smugglers Cove