Eastern WA council bans newspapers from City Hall
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane Valley City Council in eastern Washington in an unusual move has banned newspapers from the City Hall lobby. The Spokesman-Review reports the council voted 4-2 this week to prohibit third-party publications
Judge clears way for initiative to repeal capital gains tax
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Opponents of the state’s new capital gains tax can begin gathering signatures on an initiative seeking to repeal the law after a judge approved final wording for how the measure would be described
Mind Games: Liam Neeson and Guy Pearce tackle a delicate topic in 'Memory'
Briarcliff/Open Road It’s an easy, almost reassuring pastime, watching Liam Neeson take out bad guys with relative ease in films like the Taken series, The Commuter and Blacklight. But now, he’s facing a different kind of enemy:
WA courts mostly not using tracking law to protect people
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — In April 2020, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the Tiffany Hill Act into law, named after a Vancouver mother who was murdered by her estranged, abusive husband. The law allows courts to order
OMC makes Top 100 hospitals list 7 straight years
PORT ANGELES – Congratulations to Olympic Medical Center. For the seventh year in a row, Olympic Medical Center has been recognized as a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital by the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis
Former CDC chief says Trump appointees blocked his agency from briefing public on COVID-19
Alex Edelman-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In closed-door testimony to House investigators released on Friday, Dr. Bob Redfield, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, former President Donald Trump
“I want to give them some stability”: Benedict Cumberbatch welcoming a Ukrainian family into his UK home
ABC Unlike some celebrities, Benedict Cumberbatch is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to the plight of Ukrainian refugees — and then some. The Doctor Strange actor tells Sky News he’s opening his
Oath Keeper emotional as he accepts 2nd plea deal in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors on Friday secured a second guilty plea and cooperation deal with a member of the Oath Keepers militia group charged in the government’s seditious conspiracy case stemming from the Jan. 6
COVID creeps closer to Biden ahead of White House Correspondents' Dinner
Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With power players flocking to a crowded Washington hotel ballroom for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday, many itching to mingle after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus, the virus appears
No one hurt in fire at former Humane Society building
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue crews spotted a fire at about 4:20 this morning on the way back from another call and found themselves fighting another fire at the former Humane Society property