First-ever Sequim 101 Citizen’s Academy is complete. Who’s next?
By Pepper Fisher SEQUIM — 14 Sequim-area residents recently completed a new 10-week civics class called the Sequim 101 Citizen’s Academy. Communications Director Barb Hanna explains. “It’s a Citizens Academy, to learn more about the way that
New area code prefix coming as 360 numbers run out
WASHINGTON – Washingtonians who live in the 360 area code could soon be seeing a different three-digit prefix representing the area. Phone providers are running out of 360 numbers, so some new customers will start getting 564 area codes
Former State Auditor loses SCOTUS bid, faces prison
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state auditor has exhausted his appeals and now faces a 366-day prison sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for review of his case. That denial Monday represented
NW Proud Boy member pleads not guilty to federal charges
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area man and a leader of the far-right Proud Boys has pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of helping to plan and lead the deadly January attack on the U.S. Capitol.
New Pentagon panel to take on sexual assault in the military
Ivan Cholakov/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ and ABBY CRUZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — When he took over as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he was going to tackle the issue of sexual assault in the military head-on and look
Mariner ticket sales begin Thursday morning
SEATTLE – Tickets are gone for the Seattle Mariners Opening Day at T-Mobile Park, but you can still buy tickets for other games. Opening Day for the Mariners is April 1 and, starting tomorrow, single-game tickets will be available
Timber groups sue feds over delay of habitat reopening
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Environmental groups have sued to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres of northern spotted owl habitat from the US-Canada border to California. U.S. Fish and Wildlife removed the logging protections in the last
No charges for corrections officer who shot knife-wielding woman
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office says a Spokane corrections officer was justified in killing a 70-year-old woman brandishing a knife in the lobby of the Spokane County Jail. Nancy King had repeatedly rang
North Korea launches projectile into Sea of Japan
Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy MARK OSBORNE and JOOHEE CHO, ABC News (SEOUL) — North Korea has launched a pair of projectiles for the second time in a week. The launch was confirmed to ABC News by the South Korean
King County Sheriff’s Office settles before wrongful death suit goes to trial
SEATTLE (AP) — The King County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a young man who was fatally shot in the back by a deputy in