Free fishing statewide this weekend, no license required
OLYMPIA – This is going to be great weekend to get outdoors on a budget in the northwest because Washington State Parks are hosting another free admission day on Saturday, where no Discover Pass will be needed,
Collecting unemployment returns to (near) normal after 4th of July
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – If you’re on unemployment you’ll want to know that the Employment Security Department announced they’ll be going back to their traditional job search requirements beginning the week of July 4th. They’ll
Bipartisan negotiators strike tentative agreement on infrastructure deal
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on an infrastructure deal that would spend hundreds of billions in new federal dollars while also not increasing taxes, a key GOP red line. But
178 staffers at Houston Methodist hospital suspended for not complying with COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A Texas hospital has suspended 178 staff members who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine despite a mandate for staff to be inoculated by this week. Houston Methodist hospital, which oversees eight
Philadelphia officer investigated for allegedly deleting suspect's cell phone video of arrest
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock (PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia police officer is under internal investigation for allegedly deleting a suspect’s cell phone video during an arrest. On the night of March 23, Jacob Giddings was sitting in a vehicle at a
Father-daughter duo graduate college together: 'It’s always possible'
Buffalo State College (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — This father and daughter’s bond just got stronger as they graduated college together. Cesar Galarza and his daughter, Clarimar, both graduated from Buffalo State College in May. “It was hard, it
Beech-Nut to stop selling a specific baby rice cereal because of arsenic levels found in some test samples
Beech-Nut (NEW YORK) — Baby food brand Beech-Nut Nutrition this week announced a voluntary recall of one of its baby food products and said it would stop making the product due to arsenic levels found in some
From facial recognition to dating apps, technology is helping investigators track down Capitol rioters
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In early March, just weeks after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, FBI investigators met with an individual who had tipped them off to the possible identity of one of the rioters
Lake Mead hits lowest water levels in history amid severe drought in the West
rapideye/iStock (LAKE MEAD, Nev.) — Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, has hit its lowest water levels ever, according to government officials. The water level in the reservoir, which supplies
Erin Brockovich: the real story of the town three decades later
Courtesy of Erin Brockovich (HINKLEY, California) — Despite inspiring an Oscar-winning movie, the story of Hinkley, California, did not have the Hollywood ending viewers may have expected. Hinkley’s story shot Erin Brockovich to stardom and she has