Virtual candidate forums announced for first Thursdays in July
The Clallam County League of Women Voters (LWVCLA) along with co-sponsor North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will facilitate three (3) Primary Candidate Zoom Forums on Thursday, July 1, 2021 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for the following races:
After Connecticut legalizes marijuana, only 2 New England states now prohibit cannabis
Strelov/iStock (HARTFORD, Conn.) — After Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed the state legislature’s bill legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, eyes are now on Rhode Island and New Hampshire as the final holdouts in New England to legalize
Bipartisan infrastructure deal nearly complete: Senate negotiators
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan Senate negotiators said they are very close to a deal on a $1 trillion traditional infrastructure plan. The pressure and effort to make a deal is palpable in the Capitol, as senators prepare
Fire emergency in the West: At least 50 wildfires burn
Eisenlohr/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — There were at least 50 large wildfires burning more than half a million acres across 11 states on Wednesday — mostly in the West. In Colorado, the Oil Spring and Sylvan fires in
Top general defends West Point student studying of critical race theory
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the right of West Point students to discuss race after some Republican congressmen complained that one class at the academy
Vaccine or virus? CDC says vaccines are still safer for young people than risks of COVID
sshepard/iStock (ATLANTA) — The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe for teens and young adults despite 323 confirmed cases of heart inflammation out of the more than 26 million young people who have received the shots, the
Black Oklahoma man held at gunpoint by police, handcuffed after false 911 call
Norman Police Department via KOCO (NORMAN, Okla.) — A Black Oklahoma man said he was scared for his life after police detained him at gunpoint and handcuffed him when they responded to a purported false 911 call
Efforts moving to propose new Clallam mental health court
PORT ANGELES – Supporters of starting a mental health court in Clallam County plan to present the idea to Clallam County Commissioners next month. County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols says he and a working group have spent
US had nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in early months of pandemic: Study
PinkOmelet/iStock (WASHINGTON) — There may have been nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new National Institutes of Health study. The study suggests
Woman donates mistakenly delivered Amazon packages to children's hospitals
Courtesy of Jillian Cannan (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — When a few packages from Amazon were delivered on the front porch of Jillian Cannan’s Buffalo, New York, home, the mom of four and small business owner said she didn’t