Sequim Sunshine Festival will go on, despite restrictions
SEQUIM — The City of Sequim has announced they will host a somewhat pared down version of the 2nd annual Sequim Sunshine Festival Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6. The festival has been streamlined to meet
Former PASD official receives national recognition
By Pepper Fisher Former Port Angeles School District official Michelle Reid was recognized Thursday as the 2021 National Superintendent of the Year by the AASA, the leading organization of its kind in the country. A lifelong Washington
New Jersey legalizes recreational marijuana
iStock/grandriverBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — New Jersey has officially become the latest state to permit recreational marijuana use. The New Jersey state legislature approved a series of bills Monday that regulates the sale of
Mariners’ CEO resigns after taking heat for controversial comments
SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather has resigned after video surfaced of him recently making derogatory remarks about some players and club operations. Mather took insensitive shots at a former All-Star from Japan and a
Fire crews rescue man stuck in garbage truck
MARYSVILLE (KONP staff) Marysville fire crews lowered a rescue basket into a garbage truck this morning to extricate a man who was trapped inside. They say the man was apparently inside a dumpster that had been emptied
5 Oregon counties to vote on joining Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — Tired of living in a majority blue state, some Oregonians want to change the map to join Idaho. And now residents of five Oregon counties will get a chance to vote on the
Ted Cruz under fire for 'photo ops' in Houston following controversial Mexico trip
iStockBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Just days after he was criticized for taking a controversial trip to Mexico as millions of Texans suffered in freezing temperatures amid water and power outages, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
US crosses new COVID-19 milestone: Half a million Americans dead
iStock/koto_fejaBy: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — America surpassed another deadly coronavirus milestone Monday. The country has recorded 500,071 deaths related to COVID-19, according to data from John Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. leads
As US surpasses half a million COVID-19 deaths, Latinos continue to feel impact of virus
iStock/narvikkBy: LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the coronavirus pandemic’s deadly peak last summer, Maggie Saldana begged her parents to stay home and not work. Saldana feared that her father, a grape picker, and her
Inmate allegedly stabs corrections officers, killing one and injuring another
iStock/ChiccoDodiFCBy: EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (INDIANAPOLIS) — An inmate at Indiana State Prison allegedly stabbed two correction officers, killing one and wounding the other, state police said. Tymetri Campbell, 38, is accused of attacking Sgt. Padrick Schmitt,