Clallam County receives 2500 more doses, enough to vaccinate health care workers and 1st responders
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Covid-19 briefing that would have occurred last Friday was moved to this morning because of the holiday. The latest numbers as of midnight put Clallam County at 728 total cases,
Deadly weekend crash near Sequim also leaves 2 hospitalized
SEQUIM – 2 people were killed and 2 others are hospitalized following a head-on collision Saturday on Highway 101 near Sequim’s East Washington Street onramp. The Highway Patrol reports that 2 women died after their car crossed
Some California hospitals rationing care due to spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations
iStockBy: CAMMERON PARRISH, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Many hospitals across California are starting to either think about rationing care or they have already started due to the COVID-19 surge in the state. Kaiser Permanente has already
How the latest coronavirus relief bill aids small businesses
iStockBy: CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fresh coronavirus relief legislation promises new hope for struggling small businesses that have been hit especially hard by the pandemic and its ensuing economic crisis. Often with less capital
Gov. pledges $54M for self employed workers without benefits
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state will spend $54 million to provide one-time payments to nearly 100,000 gig and self-employed workers cut off from unemployment benefits because of the impasse over the federal COVID-19 relief and spending
Removal of derailed train cars to begin Monday
CUSTER, Wash. (AP) — Officials with the Washington Department of Ecology say they plan to start removing the train cars that derailed last week in Whatcom County starting Monday. The cause of the derailment is still unknown.
WSP investigators fault jail staff for death of prisoner
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Washington State Patrol detectives have found that Kitsap County Jail officers involved in the death of a mentally ill inmate after a violent struggle were not properly trained to use the restraint chair
Elected County attorney announces resignation
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An elected prosecuting attorney in Washington’s Okanogan County has announced his resignation, citing an inability to handle caseloads with existing staff and “racially motivated attacks” from the community. Okanogan County Attorney Arian Noma,
Argument over appointment time preceded Vancouver murder/suicide
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Court documents show a Vancouver man who shot an employee to death at a Peacehealth medical building had confronted another employee several minutes earlier over an appointment time. 58-year-old Douglas Jeffrey Moore arrived
Vaccinations begin at Washington nursery home that started America’s pandemic
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — The residents and staff members at a Seattle-area nursing home that had the first deadly COVID-19 outbreak in the United States have begun receiving vaccines. The first death associated with the Life Care