Cold spring means above-average snow in Cascade Mountains
SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. (AP) — Above-average mountain snow heading into June is creating a unique situation in the Cascade Mountains for people looking to adventure. It could be some time before trails appear and the ground dries
Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc retires
PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc retired Tuesday after joining the department in 2001 and serving as Chief since 2012. City staff and public safety personnel gathered Tuesday at Port Angeles Fire Dept. Station
PA Fire and Clallam 2 rope crews rescue man in ravine
PORT ANGELES – Port Angeles Fire Department personnel had to use rope equipment to rescue a man Tuesday evening who had fallen down the embankment at the dead end of 12th Street east of the Tumwater Truck
Police officer won't be charged in 2016 fatal shooting of man found sleeping in car: Prosecutors
Jason Marz/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin) — A Wisconsin police officer, who killed three people in the line of duty over five years, will not be charged in a fatal 2016 shooting of a 25-year-old man he found
Grand jury returns 25-count indictment for Buffalo shooting suspect: Source
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A grand jury in Erie County, New York, has returned an indictment against alleged Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron. The 25-count indictment charges the 18-year-old with carrying out a “domestic
Meet the new Superintendent of Olympic National Park
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK – Olympic National Park has a new Superintendent. It was announced Wednesday that Sula Jacobs will begin her new role as Park Superintendent in July. Jacobs has held several permanent and acting superintendent positions
All aboard the new Clallam Transit shuttle to Hurricane Ridge
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Clallam Transit is beginning what promises to be a popular new service Thursday. A new shuttle will be going up to Hurricane Ridge and back 3 times daily, and the cost
He said/She said: “Humbled” Depp says “jury gave me my life back”; Heard “heartbroken” by defamation decision
Moments after a Virginia jury handed Johnny Depp an overwhelming victory in his defamation suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, both sides weighed in. Depp wasn’t present in the courtroom Wednesday, due to “previously scheduled work commitments”
California reparations report lays out path to remedy systemic racism
Alex Reitter / EyeEm (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A first-in-the-nation task force in California created to examine slavery and its impact on the Black community released an almost 500-page report on the ongoing harms caused by slavery, political
Protecting 30% of global land by 2030 could benefit 1,000 species, help reduce emissions: Study
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Ramping up the protection of land within the next decade could make a significant dent in biodiversity and climate change efforts that would get countries closer to their conservation