Port of PA Executive Director tenders resignation
PORT ANGELES – Karen Goschen, Executive Director of the Port of Port Angeles, has announced her resignation in a letter to the Port Commission, saying she needs to spend more time with her ailing sister. Goschen, who
Wildlife officials urge you to temporarily take down bird feeders
UNDATED – Your backyard bird bath or feeder may be inadvertently sickening songbirds. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says there have been surging reports of sick or dead birds at backyard feeders in parts of western
State lawmakers convene under tightest security in our history
OLYMPIA (KONP staff) — Washington state lawmakers convened their 105-day legislative session Monday at the Capitol building in Olympia under tight security provided by the Washington State Patrol with backup provided by 750 Washington State National Guard
Medical worker sentenced for stealing, selling equipment from the Veteran’s Administration
Seattle — (KONP staff) A respiratory therapist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Seattle was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to three months in prison and nine months of home confinement for theft of government
Hiker dies from fall at Mt. Rainier National Park
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK (AP) — A woman has died after falling down a steep slope at Mount Rainier National Park. Searchers found 65-year-old Constance Markham of Eatonville in steep, hazardous terrain after getting the report at
Former soccer star, franchise owner, convicted of sex charges and fraud
Seattle – (KONP staff) A former Seattle college soccer star, currently serving time for sexual assault in Arizona and on a second sexual assault case in King County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to
No one hurt in Winthrop helicopter crash
WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) — Officials in Okanogan County say a small helicopter crash-landed Saturday near an ice rink and a hotel in Winthrop but that no one was hurt. Witnesses say children and adults had just been
Capitol rioter pictured with Nancy Pelosi's lectern released on bond
iStock/Tero VesalainenBy: IVAN PEREIRA and BENJAMIN STEIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Capitol riot suspect accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s lectern was released from jail Monday afternoon on a $25,000 bond. Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Florida,
Divers recover human remains, debris after doomed flight carrying 62 crashed
iStockBy: MINA KAJI and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two days after a 26-year-old Boeing 737 crashed off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, divers continue to scour the Java Sea floor in an attempt to
Michigan bans open carry guns from statehouse
iStockBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Eight months after armed militias and anti-lockdown protesters breached Michigan’s state Capitol, officials banned all open carry weapons from the statehouse. The Michigan Capitol Commission voted unanimously Monday to