State launches new air quality mapping tool

OLYMPIA — As the 2024 wildfire season begins, the Washington Department of Ecology has launched an improved air quality monitoring map. The map, now more user-friendly on smartphones and tablets, can be downloaded to devices or desktop
Deadline looms for STR licensing in PA

PORT ANGELES — The deadline for Short-Term Lodging Business License applications in Port Angeles is a week away. August 1st marks the end of the application period for licenses under the city’s new laws governing short term
Olympic National Park and Forest banning all campfires

PORT ANGELES — Starting Friday, Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest will ban all campfires, including charcoal, due to hot and dry conditions. This restriction extends to the coastal areas of the park. Pressurized or bottled
Seven weeks of tree trimming set to begin in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES – We’re about to see a lot of tree trimming starting Monday, July 29 in the City of Port Angeles. The City wants to get ahead of the process before winter storms kick in, and
Port Angeles woman jailed for DUI after injuring two

WISEN CREEK, Wash. – A Port Angeles woman is in jail on a DUI charge after injuring two people in a collision on Highway 101 at Wisen Creek. At about 10:30pm on Tuesday, a couple from La
Jeff Goldblum goes god mode as Zeus in teaser to Netflix's 'Kaos'
Netflix Jeff Goldblum is famously easygoing, but he’s anything but in the teaser for Kaos, Netflix’s forthcoming “fable.” The present day-set show dips into ancient mythology, with Goldblum as a modern-day, vengeful Zeus. “Humans, when they’re not scared,
JD Vance slammed for 'childless cat ladies' comment
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Fox News interview from 2021, in which Sen. JD Vance smeared Vice President Kamala Harris as a “childless cat lady,” has resurfaced since he became the Republican vice presidential nominee, sparking
Netanyahu meets Biden amid political tensions, to speak with Harris later
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to discuss the U.S.-Israeli relationship amid tensions over the ongoing conflict in Gaza and a
What is Project 2025? A look at the conservative presidential wish list
Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Project 2025, a 922-page playbook of controversial policy proposals intended to guide the next conservative administration, is gaining attention as the presidential election campaigns heat up.
Speaker Johnson to visit southern border in California amid attacks on Harris' policies
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson will make a trip out West late Thursday to visit the southern border shared with California and Mexico — an effort to take criticisms of the Biden administration’s border