OMC Foundation presents more than $417K in donations
PORT ANGELES — The OMC Foundation presented $100,000 to Olympic Medical Center at the OMC Commissioner’s meeting Wednesday. The latest donation will be used to fund a backup generator for the OMC Medical Office Building. Foundation Executive
Sentence handed down in drug-death case
PORT ANGELES – A Port Angeles man was sentenced to twelve and half years in prison after pleading guilty in a case related to a man who died of an overdose. 32-year-old Nathan Terry also entered an
PA man arrested for child rape of family member
PORT ANGELES – An 81-year-old Port Angeles man has been arrested in a child rape case. William Lattin was arrested Tuesday. According to the Clallam County Sheriff’s office, earlier this month a seven-year-old relative of Lattin’s disclosed
U.S. keeps Canadian border closed for another month
PORT ANGELES – The U.S. government on Wednesday extended the closure of the land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travelers until at least Aug. 21. The announcement by the Department of Homeland Security came two
States, cities that expected to go bankrupt from pandemic now seeing cash surplus
Nattakorn Maneerat/iStock (NEW YORK) — When the pandemic hit Alexandria, Virginia, the economic outlook was bleak. In April 2020, the city projected a budget shortfall of up to $100 million as businesses shut down and workers lost
Frontline workers in Nevada say they are 'reliving 2020' as new infections surge to highest point in five months
xavierarnau/iStock (LAS VEGAS) — With coronavirus infections on the rise again in the U.S., hospitals across the country are trying to meet the needs of thousands of patients who are testing positive for COVID-19, and are in
Disability advocates calling for reform as US Paralympian Becca Meyers drops out of Games citing lack of support
iStock/Ryosei Watanabe Disability advocates and elected officials are calling on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to rethink its policies after a Paralympic gold medalist swimmer was denied a request to have a care assistant travel
Despite security threats, Afghans who US will evacuate have to make their own way to Kabul
iStock/KeithBinns (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan has issued its first notifications to Afghans who worked for the U.S. mission and will be evacuated to an American military base in Virginia that flights are set to
Half of Puerto Rico could lose health coverage if Congress doesn't act on Medicaid
sasirin pamai/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Puerto Rico could lose Medicaid funding in less than two months, putting at risk roughly 1.5 million people — nearly half the island’s population — unless Congress acts quickly. As COVID-19 continues to
At least 25 dead after flash flooding in China causes year's worth of rain in 3 days
iStock/LeeYiuTung (HONG KONG) — Rescue efforts are underway as flash floods in China’s central city of Zhengzhou killed at least 25 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others. Local forecasters say it is the heaviest downpour