New building for Pacific Northwest National Lab campus RICHLAND — The federal government’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will build a new $90 million energy sciences research building on its Richland campus.
A contract to design and construct the building has been awarded to a Houston-based team of Harvey Cleary Builders and Kirksey Architecture.
The Tri-City Herald says the facility will cover 110,000 to 145,000 square feet. More
‘Scumbag’ comment gets juror removed in Pasco double-murder trial. Judge says it’s not her fault PASCO, Wa. — A relative of a Pasco homicide victim, who phoned a juror last week, admitted calling the accused killer a “scumbag” during the brief telephone conversation.
The relative was tracked down and interviewed by a defense investigator on Friday after the juror in Hector Orozco Jr.’s double-murder trial told court officials about the phone call.
On Tuesday, attorney Daniel Stovern renewed his claim of jury tampering based on the conversation between “Juror No. More
New trial starts for 2 charged in homeless camp killing SEATTLE — A new trial has started for brothers accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding three others at the Seattle homeless encampment known as the Jungle.
The Seattle Times reports James and Jerome Taafulisia are being tried for again on murder and assault charges in connection with the Jan. More
Woman sues Home Depot for $1.5M after termination BEND, Ore. — A Bend Paralympic athlete is suing Home Depot for $1.5 million, claiming the company did not consider her disability when it fired her in 2017.
The Bulletin reports in a complaint filed Tuesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, Barbara Buchan claims that after suffering a concussion in a fall at work, management fired her for keeping $11 worth of presentation materials in her vehicle overnight. More
1 dead in Burien fire BURIEN — A woman was found dead and a second was injured as fire burned an apartment building in Burien.
KOMO reports that firefighters arrived at the Forest View Apartments around 6 p.m. Tuesday to find flames burning on at least three floors.
About two dozen people from seven affected apartments are receiving assistance from the Red Cross. More
UCF coach Scott Frost continues to add some familiar faces to his new coaching staff, bringing in Mike Dawson as the Knights’ new defensive run game coordinator and edge coach.
Dawson previously worked with Frost as part of his coaching staff in 2016-17.
“I’m incredibly excited and grateful for the opportunity to join Coach Frost’s staff,” Dawson said in a statement.
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The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used his outsize influence on the platform to help sway Congress, he did so without regard for the facts and gave a preview of the role he could play in government over the next four years.
“Trump has got himself a handful with Musk,” John Mark Hansen, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, said in an email.
A federal jury in Tampa on Thursday convicted a Broward County woman of one count of conspiracy against rights for her involvement in a group that spray painted threatening messages on pro-life pregnancy clinics in South Florida and elsewhere in the state.
Gabriella Oropesa, of Cooper City, along with three other people in the summer of 2022 vandalized reproductive health clinics in Hollywood, Hialeah and Winter Haven, between Orlando and Tampa, that provided “abortion alternatives” to women, including counseling and ultrasound exams, according to the indictment presented to the jury.
They disguised themselves with masks, hats and gloves, and targeted the clinics at night, federal prosecutors said.
In May 2022, Oropesa and the others traveled to Hollywood in Broward County and spray painted on a clinic affiliated with the Archdiocese of Miami Ministry: “If abortions aren’t SAFE then niether [sic] are you,” the indictment said.
Hurricanes tight end Riley Williams is looking for a new program after two years with the team, according to multiple reports.
Williams is at least the eighth UM player known to be transferring this offseason.
Williams, a four-star prospect coming out of Bradenton powerhouse IMG Academy, was one of the top tight ends in the 2023 class.
It’s Nights of the Living Dead: The Sequel.
When Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros closed out 2023 last December in Fort Lauderdale, the three-night Broward Center run by the Grateful Dead-adjacent band felt like an unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime event. But exactly one year later — like one more milepost on the “long, strange trip” that echoes the Dead’s signature lyric — Weir and Co.
MIAMI GARDENS — The South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Miami Dolphins writers are picking out a pair of prop bets each week in the 2024 season.
Dolphins columnist Chris Perkins and Dolphins reporter David Furones, neither of whom condones gambling, will make predictions on player or team props they believe will occur for every Dolphins matchup.
Each writer will offer their “Best Bet,” a near 50-50 proposition they believe will occur, and a “Longshot,” which has to be given betting odds of at least +300, or 3-to-1 probability.
Odds are according to the Hard Rock Bet app.