PASD school nurses available by phone starting Monday

PORT ANGELES – It looks like school’s out for the rest of the school year, but starting Monday, April 20, Port Angeles School nurses are in and taking phone calls. Students and their families will now have
Sequim School staff keep breakfast and lunch coming, and it’s free

SEQUIM – Meredith Arseneau is the Food Service Director for the Sequim School District. She and her team are working hard every day to provide free meals to all kids in the District through age 18. Meredith
Kilmer looks to relaunch stuck Payroll Protection Program

WASHINGTON DC – Local U.S. Congressman Derek Kilmer has dropped a bi-partisan bill aimed at relaunched the broke Payroll Protection Program. The bill would immediately inject $900 billion into the PPP program which ran out of money
COVID cases hold steady, Clallam officials work to keep outsiders away

PORT ANGELES – As of Friday, Clallam County has gone three days without a new positive test result for COVID-19. There are still 14 positive cases, 833 people have been tested and 34 tests are still pending.
No one hurt, outbuilding a total loss in Friday morning fire

PORT ANGELES – A fire in an outbuilding was a total loss Friday morning on the 3500 block of East Bay Street in Gales Addition. Clallam 2 Fire Rescue was dispatched at about 3:15am after the resident
Gov. extends, expands eviction freeze and rent controls
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has extended and expanded his moratorium on evictions and imposed a new freeze on increases of residential rents during his “Stay Home” proclamation. The order comes a month after Inslee
Navy will begin monitoring Growler jet noise levels
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The U.S. Navy has announced plans to monitor jet noise around Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and a base in California. The Navy submitted the plan to Congress on March 19, outlining a
Farm worker unions file suit for safe work guidelines
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Advocates for farm workers in our state have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking safer working conditions as the harvest season begins amid the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of workers are already pruning
27K Boeing workers returning to work next week
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing says it will resume all commercial airplane production in phases at its Seattle area facilities next week after suspending operations in March because of the pandemic. The company says 27,000 of its employees
Canadian PM says border will remain closed for a “significant amount of time”
TORONTO, ON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says relaxing Canada-U.S. border restrictions is still a long way off. Trudeau says it will still be a “significant amount of time” before Canada can loosen such a restriction.