Sheriff asked to investigate ballot-box surveillance
SEATTLE (AP) — An elections director in Washington state’s most populous county says her office is asking the sheriff’s office to investigate people who posted signs near ballot boxes warning voters they were “under surveillance.” The Seattle
2 injured when experimental plane crashes in Bothell
BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — Two people were injured when a small plane made an emergency landing on a Snohomish County road. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said the two people in the plane were taken to the
Oregon couple sentenced for shooting into fleeing elk herd
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Eastern Oregon couple has been sentenced for hunting offenses after shooting into a fleeing herd of elk and leaving five animals to rot. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Stephanie
Washington’s secretary of state draws several challengers
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Democratic Secretary of State Steve Hobbs faces several challengers as he runs for election to the office he was appointed to last fall. Hobbs wants to hang on to the office for the
E-scooters are coming to Port Angeles and Sequim
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Port Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion to bring e-scooters to town, but the exact timeline for doing so is still up in the air. Bird Rides company spokesperson
UPDATE: Body of missing climber recovered in Olympic National Park
On Wednesday, July 20, the body of Sean Allen, 38, of Port Angeles, Washington was located and recovered from Olympic National Park. His body was transferred to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Late this afternoon, the crew
Multiple businesses burglarized Tuesday night
By Pepper Fisher CLALLAM COUNTY – At least two businesses were burglarized over night in Clallam County. Lietz Farm Supply and Hartnagel’s Building Supply reported on social media that they were robbed, and posted surveillance photos or
New mural calls attention to Americans held abroad as loved ones say, 'This doesn't go away'
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Families of several Americans who are detained abroad arrived in Washington on Wednesday morning to unveil a mural depicting them in an effort, their relatives say, to increase public awareness
Dead shark found on New York shore after recent sightings closed beaches
Quogue Village Police Department (NEW YORK) — New York beachgoers were spooked by another shark sighting Wednesday, albeit a short-lived one. The dead shark, which appeared to be a great white according to The Riverhead Society, was
1 soldier dead, 9 injured after lightning strike at Army base in Georgia
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images (FORT GORDON, Ga.) — One U.S. Army Reserve soldier has died and nine others were injured after a lightning bolt strike while on a range at Fort Gordon, Georgia,