Missing hiker in ONP found after being missing for a week
PORT ANGELES — A search for overdue backpacker Jerren Fisher, who was missing for a week, ended Sunday evening with a rescue in Olympic National Park. National Park Service search and rescue teams made voice contact with
Clallam County burn ban eased
PORT ANGELES — Effective today, Clallam County’s burn ban has been reduced. The fire marshal says recent rains have moved the fire threat level back to moderate. Recreational fires and use of charcoal briquettes are now allowed
Pro-Putin party takes majority in Russian parliamentary election sullied by fraud
macky_ch/iStock (MOSCOW) — Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, which backs President Vladimir Putin, has kept its supermajority in the country’s parliament, sweeping elections that were marred with allegations of widespread ballot rigging and saw many of the
500 US women athletes ask Supreme Court to uphold abortion rights
Bill Chizek/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A decorated group of more than 500 current and former American women Olympians and professional and collegiate athletes is warning the U.S. Supreme Court in a new legal filing that eroding access to abortion care in
Missing hiker in ONP found after being missing for a week
PORT ANGELES — A search for overdue backpacker Jerren Fisher, who was missing for a week, ended Sunday evening with a rescue in Olympic National Park. National Park Service search and rescue teams made voice contact with
Clallam County burn ban eased
PORT ANGELES — Effective today, Clallam County’s burn ban has been reduced. The fire marshal says recent rains have moved the fire threat level back to moderate. Recreational fires and use of charcoal briquettes are now allowed
Over 200 companies pledge net-zero emissions by 2040 as pressure on private sector mounts
PPAMPicture/iStock (NEW YORK) — Nearly 90 new companies — including multinational corporate giant Procter & Gamble, tech behemoth HP and cloud-computing titan Salesforce — have signed onto the Climate Pledge, an Amazon-backed initiative that asks firms to commit
Army Gen. Mark Milley was 'not going rogue' in secret calls to China, authors of new book claim
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (NEW YORK) — Former President Trump’s top military adviser was “not going rogue” when he held secret phone calls with his Chinese counterpart before and after the 2020 election, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and
Biden administration to ease restrictions on travelers to US in November
Maudib/iStock (NEW YORK) — The White House on Monday announced a new international air travel system starting in early November, requiring all foreign nationals traveling to the United States to be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccination
Vandalism at Sikh temple investigated as possible hate crime
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington state are searching for a man they say vandalized a Sikh temple south of Seattle in what’s being investigated as a possible hate crime. Several portable electronic devices were