HWY 101 still closed from North of Quilcene to Hoodsport
By Pepper Fisher HOOD CANAL – Almost 50 miles of Highway 101 from the State Route 104 junction all the way to Hoodsport along Hood Canal is still closed due to Sunday’s heavy, wet snow that caused
FBI dive team involved as search for 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil enters 3rd week
San Antonio Police Department via Facebook (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An FBI dive team is assisting in the search for missing 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil, authorities said. The investigation has led the FBI’s underwater search and evidence
Senate Democrats look to Jan. 6 anniversary to push election reform
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats are using the impending one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to put a fine point on their efforts to shore up the nation’s election system. Majority
Man loses hand after picking up exploding homemade firework
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — New Year’s Eve celebration turned to tragedy when a man lost his hand after picking up a homemade explosive thrown toward him in Longview, Washington. Longview Capt. John Reeves said Corey Bartlette threw
Shorthanded Stevens Pass ski resort struggles to meet demand
STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) — The winter skiing and snowboarding season at Stevens Pass ski resort east of Everett, Washington, has gotten off to a rough start with the area opening only about half its terrain amid
Washington’s Snoqualmie Pass sees most snowfall in 20 years
NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state has received the highest snowfall in 20 years as of Jan. 3. The Washington State Department of Transportation says by Monday afternoon, 236 inches of
Assistant police chief disciplined for posting Nazi insignia
KENT, Wash. (AP) — An assistant police chief in Kent, Washington, has been disciplined for posting a Nazi insignia on his office door and joking about the Holocaust. The Seattle Times reports that Assistant Chief Derek Kammerzell
Judge tosses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” is child pornography. Judge
Washington’s new secretary of state mandates vaccines
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In one of his first acts as Washington secretary of state, Democrat Steve Hobbs has told his some 300 staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19 by Feb. 25, or face losing their jobs.
Family torn apart by Capitol insurrection reflects on Jan. 6 anniversary
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The family of Guy Reffitt, who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, says it is not the same family as a year ago. Extremism has torn the