PUD commissioner steps down
PORT ANGELES – Clallam County PUD commissioner Rick Paschall has resigned. In a one-sentence letter to his fellow commissioners, Paschall did not give a reason for stepping down. He did not return KONP’s attempts to contact him.
Rare snowfall in Southern California strands residents as another winter storm takes aim
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rare snowfall in parts of Southern California has left scores of people stranded this week as winter storms sweep across the United States. About 600 elementary and middle school students from
Ohio train derailment: Buttigieg urges Norfolk Southern to join close call reporting system
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that would allow
What the 'lab leak' theory report about COVID's origins does and doesn't mean
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The news that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic “most likely” was the result of a laboratory leak in China,
The labor market is booming and these jobs are growing the most
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The job market is booming, despite headline-grabbing layoffs at tech behemoths like Amazon and Google. As illustrated by that contrast in fortunes, however, the hiring surge hasn’t been distributed equally. For
House's new US-China committee holds first hearing, focusing on communist 'threat'
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s new committee on the U.S. and China will hold its first hearing in prime time on Tuesday night, focusing on the “overall threat” of the ruling Chinese
GOP-led Homeland Security panel holds first border hearing, highlighting 'the human costs'
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are set this week to once again seize on the issue of U.S. immigration following a trip to see the Biden administration’s border security apparatus firsthand. On Tuesday, the
Classified document fallout swirls around nomination hearing for national archivist
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will once again consider whether to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee to helm the federal agency responsible for maintaining and keeping record of classified documents — as
Daughter surprises dad by being his kidney donor
Courtesy of Delayne Ivanowski (ST. LOUIS) — For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nurse at Mercy Hospital in
Police urgently search for ‘at risk’ DJ who suddenly vanished last week
San Francisco Police Department (SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco Police Department is urgently looking for an “at risk” radio DJ who hasn’t been seen or heard from since last Thursday, according to authorities. Jeffrey Vandergrift, a