PA woman to be sentenced for embezzling nearly $14K from Band Booster Club
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Port Angeles High School Band Boosters Club is working harder than ever to raise scholarship funds for students since it was revealed during a routine audit that someone within the
5 Oklahoma officers face manslaughter charges in shooting of 15-year-old armed robbery suspect
Oklahoma City District Attorney’s OfficeBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok.) — Five Oklahoma police officers were charged with manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old armed robbery suspect last year. In November, Stavian
American, United cancel 27,000 furloughs after stimulus package passes
Michael Valdez/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — American Airlines and United Airlines withdrew approximately 27,000 employee furloughs on Wednesday after the House passed its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that included an extension of the payroll support
Federal government relaxes rules for nursing home visitations
InsideCreativeHouse/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The federal government announced Wednesday that its rules for visiting nursing homes are being relaxed, citing a rise in vaccination numbers among the population. The Centers for
Wildfire bill moving through state legislature
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington easily passed the state House of Representatives on Tuesday and will be sent next to the state Senate. The
Container shortage hurting Washington farmers
SEATTLE (AP) — Farm exporters in Washington state have been left with stockpiles of product and idle trucks as the pandemic has created a shortage of cargo containers. The shortage is the latest problem the pandemic has
Seattle to open nation’s largest vaccine site
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Inslee and Seattle-area leaders are touting the opening of a new mass COVID-19 vaccination site at an event center between the city’s two sports stadiums – a site authorities hope can soon be
Police find missing playground slide in child’s room
BURBANK, Wash. — Police say they have recovered the 400-pound playground slide that was stolen from a Pasco, Washington playground. KEPR News reports that someone stole the massive slide in December. Then, on February 26, detectives came
King County approves “hazard pay” for grocery workers
SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Council has approved $4 an hour pay raises for grocery workers in unincorporated areas of the county while the pandemic continues. The legislation takes effect March 22 and will apply for
Trump insists 'something bad happened' with Ga. election in call with investigator: WSJ
James Devaney/GC ImagesBy QUINN SCANLAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a December phone call with the chief investigator in Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office, former President Donald Trump insisted he won Georgia’s presidential election, telling the