Salmon For Soldiers volunteers aim to get more veterans out on the water than ever before
By Pepper Fisher SEQUIM – Thanks to the generosity of a network of fishing guides and commercial fishermen, hundreds of military veterans each year get the chance to go deep sea fishing in our area at no
Arkansas vaccine incentives not working: Health officials
MarsBars/iStock (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Arkansas’s million-dollar stick and carrot has failed to pick up its lagging COVID-19 numbers, according to recent health data. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson took a page from other states, such as Ohio
Sister of last American hostage held by Taliban begs Biden: 'Get my brother home'
KeithBinns (CHICAGO) — The sister of the last American hostage being held by the Taliban made a desperate plea this week to President Joe Biden as the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, telling ABC News
In Baton Rouge, stopping a surge in violent crime starts with a basketball hoop
ABC News (BATON ROUGE, La.) — It is just after 5 p.m. on a muggy, hot Louisiana evening and officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department and deputies from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Department, along with
Major opioid epidemic trial begins in New York
BackyardProduction/iStock (NEW YORK) — A dozen drug manufacturers and distributors accused of fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic face a jury for the first time Tuesday during opening statements at what could be the most consequential opioids trial
COVID outbreak at Illinois summer camp fueled by unvaccinated attendees
Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — A COVID-19 outbreak at a summer camp in Illinois is a reminder that young people are taking a risk by not getting vaccinated, health officials say. Eighty-five
Biden White House defends Olympian Gwen Berry's right to 'peacefully protest' amid GOP attacks
Patrick Smith/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the 2021 Olympic trials pick up speed, so has political controversy surrounding them — with some Republicans attacking the Biden White House for defending one Olympian they want removed from Team
New York, New Jersey see lowest COVID hospitalizations since pandemic started: 'It’s just night and day'
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early days of the pandemic in spring 2020, Dr. Shereef Elnahal said 300 COVID-19 patients a day were filling the beds at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, and
Sleeping child left in car as temperatures reached 95
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old child was left inside a car outside a Bellingham business in 95-degree temperatures Sunday. The Bellingham Herald reports the parent was cited for reckless endangerment and the child was
Most COVID-19 restrictions set to lift in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state is set to lift most of its COVID-19 restrictions even though it’s falling short of a 70% goal of those 16 and up initiating vaccination. Starting Wednesday, restaurants and bars and