Sequim councilman Tenneson resigns position effective immediately
By: Pepper Fisher SEQUIM — Sequim City Council member Troy Tenneson notified the City Friday that he was resigning from his City Council position effective immediately because of a family emergency. Tenneson was elected to the City
SOS group prevails in “frivolous lawsuit” hearing
By: Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Save Our Sequim group (SOS) got a victory in court Friday when Superior Court Judge Brent Basden elected not to award reimbursements of attorney fees to either the City of
'Our job is to speak the truth,' former surgeon general says in unconventional DNC speech
iStock/MHJBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Dr. Vivek Murthy addressed the nation. “I know it’s not typical for a former surgeon general to speak at a
Seattle fishing crew may hold key to Covid vaccine
SEATTLE — An outbreak of the coronavirus on board a Seattle-based fishing boat in May could provide the first scientific proof that neutralizing antibodies protect people from infection and reinfection from the coronavirus. The Seattle-based fishing vessel American
Spokane bomb squad neutralizes explosive device
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Police Department Bomb Squad safely recovered a small homemade device that was discovered outside Providence Sacred Heart hospital. A concerned citizen found the device brought it to Sacred Heart security just
Gov. asks Canada to grant traveling privileges for stranded Washingtonians
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee is asking Canada for help with U.S. residents of a small peninsula who have been marooned by the pandemic-related closure of the U.S.-Canada border. Point Roberts is part of Washington
Bomb threat closes federal buildings in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A number of federal buildings in Portland have been closed and the FBI is investigating after a car bomb threat was made. The FBI said in a statement Friday that investigators are working
Survivor of school shooting sues district
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A former student at Marysville-Pilchuck High School who survived a school shooting is suing the district for what she claims was a preventable attack. The mass shooting killed four students and the gunman
New cell tower up and running in Blyn
By: Pepper Fisher BLYN, Wash. – A new cell tower, disguised as a fir tree, has just been fully outfitted and “switched on” by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Blyn. The 150-foot monofir tower itself was completed
Over 400 people quarantined from recent Covid surge
By: Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – At Friday morning’s Covid-19 briefing we learned that over 400 people so far are currently in quarantine, at home or elsewhere, largely due to contact tracing following a large spike in