5-year-old airlifted from wilderness area after being kicked in head by mule
JEFFERSON COUNTY – A Search and Rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island conducted a rescue of a 5-year-old boy in Jefferson County’s Buckhorn Wilderness Area early Sunday morning. The team received the alert late Saturday
Sheriff’s Office investigating body found in burnt trailer
DIAMOND POINT – The body of a man was found in the burnt remains of a travel trailer in Diamond Point Monday. Clallam County Fire District 3 got the call about 4:15pm of a travel trailer fire
Coroner: Clallam accidental death, overdose rates up
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County’s accidental death rate and overdoses appear to be headed to record territory this year. County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols, who is also the county coroner, says 2021 is so far showing a
More Americans getting vaccinated following full FDA approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine
Prostock studio/iStock (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Americans were finally persuaded to get their first shot in the week following the Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine, new data reveals. A new ABC News analysis
Afghan migrants trapped for weeks in woods because of Poland and Belarus standoff
AndreyPopov/iStock (NEW YORK) — A group of Afghans has been trapped for three weeks at the edge of a forest on the border between Poland and Belarus, caught in a no man’s land between Polish security forces who
US athletes dominate at Tokyo Paralympics
PeskyMonkey/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the Tokyo Paralympic Games near their end, Team USA athletes have already made history — smashing world records at the international competition. Here are some of the highlights from Team USA’s stint at the games
Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine trial fails mid-stage study
Alernon77/iStock (NEW YORK) — In yet another setback in the decadeslong scientific quest for an HIV vaccine, a Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine candidate failed to reduce the risk of infection in a clinical trial among women in
Texas awaits Supreme Court move on restrictive abortion law
renaschild/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court could decide as soon as Tuesday evening whether Texas can move forward with a controversial ban on most abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy that’s set to take effect on Sept. 1. The law,
New technology aims to prevent child hot car deaths
OksanaRadchenko/iStock (New York) — This year, 17 children have already died after being left in hot cars. Since 1990, more than a thousand children have lost their lives. But a new technology on the market is aiming to
Coroner: Clallam accidental death, overdose rates up
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County’s accidental death rate and overdoses appear to be headed to record territory this year. County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols, who is also the county coroner, says 2021 is so far showing a