Lodging Tax committee picks local company to guide tourism marketing

BY PEPPER FISHER Port Angeles – The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) of Port Angeles has recommended to the City Council that they award the next Destination Marketing contract to local company, Wander Fuca. Their choice appears
Port Townsend Paper fined by state Ecology for water quality violations

PORT TOWNSEND – After leaks in pipes at the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) spilled wastewater into Port Townsend Bay on two occasions earlier this year, the Washington Department of Ecology has fined the mill a total
2 NYPD officers face departmental misconduct charges in fatal shooting of 19-year-old Win Rozario

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks during a press conference on Public Safety at City Hall on June 03, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two NYPD officers will face departmental misconduct
LOCAL SPORTS: Roughriders Net Tennis Upset, Wolves Battle Bainbridge, and Port Angeles Soccer Rolls in Local Sports Action

By Oly Archibald PORT ANGELES — First-year head coach Scott Snyder celebrated a big milestone Tuesday as his Port Angeles Roughrider tennis team went on the road and knocked off always-tough North Kitsap, 5-2. In singles play,
Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey on their new romance ‘Plainclothes’

Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey in ‘Plainclothes.’ (Magnolia Pictures) The Sundance award-winning film Plainclothes hits select theaters on Friday. It is the first feature from director Carmen Emmi and stars Tom Blyth as Lucas, an undercover cop assigned to entrap and arrest gay
Lodging Tax committee picks local company to guide tourism marketing

BY PEPPER FISHER Port Angeles – The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) of Port Angeles has recommended to the City Council that they award the next Destination Marketing contract to local company, Wander Fuca. Their choice appears
New book claims superintelligent AI development is racing toward global catastrophe

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new book by two artificial intelligence researchers claims that the race to build superintelligent AI could spell doom for humanity. In “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI
How to watch the Charlie Kirk memorial service

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A public memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed on Sept. 10 while speaking on a college campus, is being held Sunday in Glendale, Arizona. Tens of thousands
Port Townsend Paper fined by state Ecology for water quality violations

PORT TOWNSEND – After leaks in pipes at the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) spilled wastewater into Port Townsend Bay on two occasions earlier this year, the Washington Department of Ecology has fined the mill a total
2-year-old boy missing after California flash flood sweeps away car

(BARSTOW, Calif.) — A desperate search is underway in Barstow, California, for a 2-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters Thursday evening, authorities said. Xavier Padilla Aguilera was traveling with his father, Brandon Padilla Aguilera, 26,