PA, Sequim set events for Independence Day
PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles will have a downtown Fourth of July celebration, although it will be a smaller affair. Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marc Abshire says the event will be lively but limited.
PA hospital hits capacity limits
PORT ANGELES – Olympic Medical Center has reached hospital capacity. OMC officials say in the past two days, a high volume of ill and injured patients in the emergency department especially, has pushed the Port Angeles hospital
Young Port Angeles pair charged in beating and robbery of teen
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Charges have been filed against two Port Angeles area residents accused of beating up and robbing a young man of hundreds of dollars. 23-year-old Asa Rudner, a male, has been charged
Human Rights Campaign plans to file lawsuits against four states with anti-transgender legislation
DNY59/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ civil rights organization, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit to challenge a Florida state law that bans transgender girls from participating in sports that correspond with
Limited recall of fresh blueberries due to potential Cyclospora contamination
Kativ/iStock (NEW YORK) — With berries being a staple fruit of the summer, check your fridge to make sure your container of Dole fresh blueberries is safe to eat. Dole Diversified North America, Inc. has voluntarilly recalled
Putin urges Russians to get vaccinated in marathon call-in show
jonathanfilskov-photography/iStock (MOSCOW) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin used his annual marathon call-in show to try to persuade Russians to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as the country faces a devastating third wave of the epidemic. The show
Bill Cosby to be released from prison after conviction vacated
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Bill Cosby is to be released from prison Wednesday after his conviction was overturned. His publicist, Andrew Wyatt, will be picking him up to leave prison within hours, Wyatt confirmed
Biden to raise federal firefighter pay to $15 an hour as extreme drought plagues West
Kevin Lendio/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In the midst of a historic heatwave creating prime conditions for a historic wildfire season, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he plans to raise the federal firefighter pay to at least $15 an
Mom gunned down during trip to drop off son at Naval Academy: Police
kali9/iStock (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A Houston mom was gunned down while visiting Maryland to drop off her son at the U.S. Naval Academy, police said. Michelle Cummings, 57, was sitting on a hotel patio, enjoying the breeze,
How hiker overcame mental hurdles to survive eight days missing in wilderness
King County Sheriff’s Office Emily Shapiro, ABC News (SEATTLE) — When Andrew Devers, an inexperienced 25-year-old hiker, went missing on a day trip in the Washington state wilderness, he managed to survive eight days by thinking on