Representative Derek Kilmer to host telephone town hall
Kilmer to Hold End of Year Telephone Town Hall Internationally Renowned Vaccine Expert Dr. Larry Corey to Join Conversation Tacoma, WA – On Tuesday, December 22 at 6:00pm PT, Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) will hold a telephone
Who wants a job for Christmas? McKinley Mill is hiring
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The McKinley Paper Mill in Port Angeles is hiring, effective immediately. At least 6 people are needed to begin training to work on the paper line, and there are also positions
Next shipment of vaccine to be cut by 40%, CDC offers no explanation
OLYMPIA – Gov. Inslee said Thursday that Washington’s COVID-19 vaccine allocation is being cut by 40% next week. Inslee said the state was alerted to the cuts by the Centers for Disease Control, adding that no explanation
Gov. Inslee proposes capital gains tax
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Inslee proposed a new capital gains tax and a tax on health insurers as part of his next two-year budget proposal today. The plan seeks to offset the revenue losses the state
Tribes begin receiving vaccine
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are arriving at Native American communities that have been disproportionately sickened and killed by the pandemic. Today, the vaccine reached the Lummi Nation here on
Maker of Fisher Scones cited for overworking teens
TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — The maker of Fisher Scones, which have been a favorite at the Washington State Fair for generations, has been cited for over 1,500 instances of overworking teenagers. The state Department of Labor and
Western State Hospital fights to control virus outbreak
ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — As coronavirus cases top 200 at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital, officials are implementing new procedures to try to get it under control. Making matters worse, the loss of state revenues that resulted
Accused killer extradited to Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Washington man who is suspected of killing his wife as she was preparing to move out of their house in Kent in November. 38-year-old Paul Dervin III was charged Friday
Family of Tuskegee Syphilis Study participant say they’ll take COVID-19 vaccine but understand the distrust
ABC NewsBy AYANNA GILL, KNEZ WALKER, and ANTHONY RIVAS (NEW YORK) — Lillie Tyson Head and her daughter, Carmen Head Thornton, have reason to be skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccine. After all, it was Head’s father, Freddie
Benefactor gifts family home to OMC Foundation
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Despite Covid restrictions on gatherings this year, it was a better year for fundraising for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation than one might have expected, with almost $650,000 raised to benefit