SURGE IN OVERDOSES LOCALLY MATCHES STATEWIDE TREND, says Coroner Nichols
PORT ANGELES — Washington state’s Department of Health says preliminary data shows more people died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any other year in at least the last decade. Authorities say the effects of the coronavirus
Inslee signs new tenant eviction legislation
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Inslee Monday signed a measure that would require landlords to provide a valid reason for ending certain leases with tenants. Under current law, landlords are allowed to end month-to-month leases with
1980s homicide victim identified as Spokane woman
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Officials in western Montana have identified the victim of a 1980s homicide and are investigating whether she was the victim of a suspected serial killer. DNA obtained from the skeletonized remains found in
Child killed in tractor accident
MABTON, Wash. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl has died in a farm tractor incident in a field in the Lower Yakima Valley. The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office said the child was riding in the bucket of a
Missing hiker found alive in Columbia River Gorge
Search and rescue crews found a 71-year-old hiker, reported missing in the Columbia River Gorge, alive this morning. The hiker, identified as Joseph Dean, had been expected to return on Saturday. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office deputies and
Nuclear plant near Richland shuts down for refueling
TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Washington state was shut down over the weekend for a planned 40-day refueling outage, welcoming about 1,400 new temporary jobs to help staff the outage. The Tri-City Herald
SeaTac airport testing program to save us from long TSA lines
SEATTLE (AP) — SeaTac Airport is piloting a new virtual queuing program and touchless check-in kiosk system. It aims to improve physical distancing and reduce congestion at peak travel times. The new “Spot Saver” program will allow
Improvements in J Pod health has researchers cautiously optimistic
SEATTLE (AP) — Experts say there is some cause for cautious optimism for the southern resident killer whales that frequent Puget Sound. Oregon State University professor John Durban told The Seattle Times that in general, over the
Last surviving Marine of USS Indianapolis dies at age 96
iStock (NEW YORK) — The last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis, the U.S. Navy ship that sank in July 1945, died this weekend. Edgar Harrell was 96 and lived at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in
'We're not going to stop,' family says of search for missing Texas mother
iStock (DALLAS) — The family of a Texas mother who went missing three weeks ago say they are clinging to hope of finding her alive. Erica Hernandez’s sister and two of her three children told ABC station