An appointment announcement does not explain how a court chose its commissioner. A school district’s statement does not tell readers everything a jury decided. And a document described at a public meeting can still take weeks of requests and objections to reach the public. Those are some of the

A 49-year-old Forks man was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder after a woman was shot at a home on Terra Eden Street Sunday evening, according to a joint release from Forks police and the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. The woman, 44, was taken to

The Constitution limits judges, too. That principle should be at the center of Washington’s Supreme Court election. Free speech and due process deserve more than a campaign promise. Voters should examine how candidates have treated those rights when exercising public authority. The Olympic Herald does not recommend candidates in

Washington’s Court of Appeals ruled that a Whatcom County trial court abused its discretion by refusing to issue a money judgment for Lynden homeowners after declaring that fees collected from them were unlawful. The unanimous, published Division I decision directs the lower court to enter a money judgment in

Clallam County released artificial intelligence records showing employees in the Superior Court Clerk’s Office asking Microsoft Copilot to draft promotion justifications, summarize an email and help locate missing email signatures. The release came in response to my public-records request. It includes records from three accounts: Clerk Nikki Botnen,

An 84-year-old man who worked as an in-home caregiver in Port Angeles was sentenced on October 15 to 12 months and one day in prison for third-degree rape and second-degree assault involving a vulnerable adult in his care. Clallam County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Stanley

A Sequim landlord was arrested early October 17 after a tenant reported that the man was firing a gun at him and deputies said the landlord later threatened to kill the tenant during a phone call. Randy Raymond Lima, 52, was booked into the Clallam County Jail on suspicion of

A man arrested Thursday after a reported confrontation involving a rifle in Forks later punched a corrections deputy during booking at the Clallam County Jail, the Clallam County Sheriff’s office said. Elijah Jackson also allegedly backed a vehicle carrying three other adults and young children into a Forks police

The Washington Supreme Court unanimously rejected efforts to recall Skagit County’s prosecuting attorney and three county commissioners, upholding a $5,348.22 sanction against six petitioners for filings the courts found were intentionally frivolous and intended to harass the officials. The decision leaves in place the dismissal of seven

Clallam County prosecutors have charged Kevin H. Corning with 10 offenses involving alleged sexual assaults at a woman's Port Angeles home and a separate accusation that he demanded money from a tenant under threat of burning the tenant's artwork. The charges filed October 14 include first-

The Port Angeles School District released seven arbitration decisions to The Olympic Herald, in response to a public-records request. One ruling ordered reinstatement and back pay for a Stevens Middle School secretary fired after more than nine years without prior discipline. The district had failed to prove misconduct. Two

The Washington Supreme Court on October 15 ruled that a restriction barring a man convicted of child molestation in Kitsap County from possessing or accessing “sexually exploitive materials” was unconstitutionally vague. The 6–3 decision concerns one condition of Jeremiah J. Jeffries-Porter’s supervision after prison. It does not

The Quillayute Valley School Board again offered no substantive public response October 13 as speakers called for it to retract its statement about the Kari Larson lawsuit, complete a misconduct investigation and hold administrators accountable. Five of the six public commenters discussed misconduct, accountability or changes to school practices. The

Johnny Steven Talbert, who was arrested in Port Angeles in May on charges stemming from a 2008 North Carolina double homicide, has been ordered to undergo a hospital evaluation after his attorney said she did not believe he could assist in his defense. An October 13 order in Cabarrus County

Federal prosecutors accuse a Kirkland pastor of using his church position to obtain at least $13 million in investments and loans for a Bellevue internet company and diverting millions for personal spending and stock trading. Cristian Popescu, 46, of Bothell, pleaded not guilty October 13 in U.S. District Court

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brent Basden served on an LDS church council that discussed a family while he presided over its custody case, according to a fellow council member who said participants excluded him from those conversations “knowing it would be a conflict of interest.” Brittney Hales described the