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Port Orchard FC men's soccer team facing Year 2 challenges
Having a recent two-hour training session at Kitsap Bank Stadium altered due to an active sprinkler system stands out as a reminder that for Port Orchard FC, its second season of men's soccer in the Cascadia Premier League was always going to present a slippery set of challenges. That was reality for...
Plastic Surgery Provider Faking Positive Reviews Fined $5M
A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider has been ordered to pay $5 million to the state attorney general’s office and thousands of Washington patients after being accused of posting fake positive reviews and threatening patients over negative ones. The settlement, reached through a federal consent decree, aims to hold the provider accountable for its deceptive practices.
Year-old Northwest potatoes are being dumped in favor of new potatoes
For two years, Northwest farmers didn’t have enough potatoes for processors. The crops yielded under what was expected. Processors were buying potatoes from the Midwest, East Coast and even Canada to make fries. Fast food restaurants weren’t getting all the fries that they could sell. But then, last...
Departure of Saks from downtown Seattle hits retail core with another bit of bad news
Downtown Seattle’s retail core is taking another hit with the announcement that Saks OFF 5th will close this month. The Saks store posted signs this week that July 20 will be its final day. “I go there a couple of times a month, and now it’s just another big...
Seattle City Council Puts Renter Protections in Its Sights
At a committee meeting with affordable housing landlords on Wednesday, Council President Sara Nelson said she wanted to “examine” Seattle’s renter protections. The plain English translation of that politician-speak could mean reworks, rollbacks, or repeals to nominal working-class victories won by previous councils, such as the recent $10 cap on rental late fees, the First-in-Time ordinance, the 2019 roommate law, or the winter and school-year eviction moratoriums.
2 Arrests In 1 Major Investigation: Vancouver Police Seek Public’s Help in Uncovering Online Child Predator Network!
Vancouver Police Seek Public’s Help in Identifying Victims of Child Predator Investigation. Two Men Arrested, Charged with Multiple Counts of Child Sexual Abuse. According to The Columbian, the Vancouver Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying potential victims in an ongoing online child predator investigation. In line with the request follows the recent arrests of two Vancouver men accused of being involved in child sexual abuse. Christopher “CJ” Bradshaw was apprehended on Tuesday and faces charges including multiple counts of malicious abuse including (first-degree dealing and possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, first-degree child molestation, and second-degree incest.)
Teen dead, 2 boys injured after late night Auburn shooting
AUBURN, Wash. — A 16-year-old is dead after a late Friday night shooting in Auburn. The Auburn Police Department (APD) is investigating a homicide that left one juvenile dead and two others injured. Auburn police said the shooting happened Friday, July 12 around 10:45 p.m. at the 500 block...
NB PAWS holding vaccination clinic in Montesano on July 14
North Beach PAWS, the all-volunteer, no-kill animal shelter headquartered outside Ocean Shores, is conducting its third low-cost vaccination clinic of 2024 on Sunday, July 14, from 1 – 4 p.m. at Montesano Farm & Home with assistance from Brady Veterinary Hospital. Vaccinations and microchips are $20 each. Core vaccines...
Museum of Flight's 21-and-Over HangarFest Party Set for August
Tukwila's Museum of Flight is closing out the summer with an open-air party in the Aviation Pavilion. The 21-and-over HangarFest will feature live dance music by Oncore as well as local craft brews, ciders, wines, spirits, food trucks, and outdoor games. In addition, the museum's Space Gallery with the Space Shuttle Trainer will be open to all.
For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out
TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-year-old fisherman feeling drained if he spends too much time in the house.
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