Largest pump track in Pacific Northwest opens Wednesday in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES – A new pump track in Port Angeles opens Wednesday. Organizers of the track will hold a grand opening ceremony at 5:30 pm at the track at Erickson playfields. A pump track is a circuit of rollers, banked
Homeless encampments cleared near Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County sheriff’s deputies have cleared a dozen homeless encampments along the Port Angeles-area waterfront. Late last week, deputies and a REdisCOVERY social worker contacted several individuals in nearly one dozen homeless encampments on
Local tribes get federal money for health facility capital projects
WASHINGTON DC – Two area Indian Tribes are getting infusions of federal money for health care efforts. Last week, the US House Appropriations Committee advanced new federal funding for the Lower Elwha Klallam and Makah tribes. Nearly
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs sweeping gun bills into law
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (TRENTON, N.J.) — New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy signed new gun legislation into law on Tuesday, making it harder for residents in the state to get a handgun license and
John Hinckley Jr. seeks forgiveness for shooting Reagan, presidential entourage
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 40 years after he shot President Ronald Reagan and three others, John Hinckley Jr. said he’s filled with remorse over his actions, but he’s ready to move forward with his
Dems stress message discipline on abortion ahead of midterms, while GOP hopes to avoid blunders
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are working to ensure their incumbents and midterm candidates maintain message discipline around a simple pitch to the public on abortion while the party looks to use the Supreme
WNBA star Maya Moore has baby with now-husband she helped free from prison
GMA (NEW YORK) — Basketball star turned activist Maya Moore and her husband, Jonathan Irons, are now parents to a baby boy.Moore and Irons revealed exclusively on “Good Morning America” Tuesday that they welcomed their first child,
What we know about Robert 'Bobby' Crimo III, the suspect in Highland Park parade massacre
City of Highland Park (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — The 21-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago that left seven dead and more than 30 wounded is an aspiring rapper
White House says Biden read Brittney Griner's letter from Russia, won't say if he'll meet her family
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As WNBA star Brittney Griner appeals to Joe Biden for help in getting released from Russian custody, her case is a “top priority” for the president, according to the White House. Press
Justice Department sues Arizona for requiring proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona challenging its recently enacted voting law that requires proof of citizenship in order to vote in presidential elections. The lawsuit contends that certain restrictions in