Covid case rate reaches 200 just as mandates are set to drop
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Just in time for our county’s vaccination mandate to lift Friday and the statewide mask mandate to be lifted Friday night at 11:59, the Clallam County Health Department reports that our
Rep. Kilmer secures millions in federal funds for local programs and projects
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – 6th District Congressman Derek Kilmer appeared on the Todd Ortloff Show Thursday to report some very good news about his success securing new federal funding for multiple programs and projects in
Legislature OKs $64.1B supplemental budget, adjourns
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have approved a $64.1 billion supplemental state budget and a nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package. They adjourned their 60-day legislative session late Thursday, shortly before midnight. The spending plan
Family who lost home in landslide seek damages from Bellevue
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — A family whose house was partially destroyed in a landslide is seeking more than $5 million in damages from the city of Bellevue. John and Barbara Surdi say the city is responsible. Their
County to pay $750K to settle suit over man’s jail suicide
SEATTLE (AP) — King County will pay $750,000 to the family of a man who killed himself in a Seattle jail after they filed a lawsuit saying jail officials knew or should have known the man was
Washington company turns Louisiana site to industrial work
JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A company based in Washington state is turning a closed southwest Louisiana shipyard into a plant to make equipment for heavy industry. A news release from Louisiana’s governor and economic development agency says
Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of certain roadways, and officials are exploring other aggressive options to combat homelessness. An increasing numbers of liberal cities like Portland, Seattle
Oregon man who tried to sell ballot gets probation
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland, Oregon man got probation and a talking-to from a judge after pleading guilty to trying to sell his 2020 presidential election ballot on a mobile marketplace. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 23-year-old Josiah
Off-duty police officer accused of kneeling on 12-year-old girl's neck while stopping fight
Courtesy of student at Lincoln Middle School (KENOSHA, Wis.) — An off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is under fire after a video went viral appearing to show him putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old
Ukraine using drones to 'great effect' on Russian forces: Pentagon updates
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Friday: Russia flying