News Stories for August 2006
Stories for Thursday, August 31
Green Shopping Tips
BUY PRODUCTS IN THE LARGEST SIZE YOU CAN USE; AVOID EXCESS PACKAGING A family of four can save $2,000 a year in the supermarket by choosing large sizes instead of individual serving sizes. Remember, ten cents of every shopping dollar is used to pay for packaging. Small sizes use more ...
Group Dispels Stigmas Of Epilepsy
This year, another 200,000 Americans will be diagnosed with epilepsy.Even so, a lot of doctors consider it to be the least-understood chronic medical condition of them all. HOW TO HELP Epilepsy Foundation Northwest works to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; and to ...
Worker Killed In Fall At Crystal Mountain Ski Area
A worker at Crystal Mountain Ski Area was killed on Thursday when he fell while painting a chairlift tower.The 40-year-old Kent man was a contract worker who was painting the Rainier Express lift in a basket. He was somehow knocked out of it at about 10:30 a.m. and fell about ...
50 Tips To Prevent Air Pollution
Drive Less, Drive Smart About half of the air pollution comes from cars and trucks. Two important ways to reduce air pollution are to drive less -- even a little less -- and to drive smart. Taking fewer trips in your car or truck helps cut air pollution. And adopting ...
Study Finds Flame Retardants In State's Rivers, Lakes
The Washington Department of Ecology released a study Thursday showing that flame retardants are building up in some of Washington's rivers and lakes.The chemical additives used as flame retardants are known as PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers).Ecology collected fish from 20 major rivers and lakes throughout Wash. during 2005. Three to ...
Man Released In Connection With Bus Death
A man was taken into police custody for investigation of second degree manslaughter in connection with a fatal Metro bus accident Wednesday night was released Thursday afternoon on his own recognizance. Video: Man Released After Woman Killed By Bus A Seattle Police Department spokesman confirmed that a woman pedestrian died ...
Cause Of Wildfire Near Granite Falls Found
Heat from a car's pollution control system has been identified as the source of a wildfire that charred 20 acres of timber and threatened some homes near Granite Falls, forcing two families to evacuate, officials said. A preliminary investigation indicated the fire started Sunday from a catalytic converter, said Nancy ...
Firefighters Keep Watch On Stump Fire
Thurston County firefighters continue to watch hot spots Thursday after a large stump pile caught fire south of Tumwater.The fire, more than an acre wide, is still smoldering after igniting around 7 p.m. Wednesday on 93rd Avenue Southwest and Kimmie Street.A least a dozen fire districts responded to the fire ...
Fire Burns Along I-5 Near Southcenter Mall
A fire burning in brush and shrubs along Interstate 5 in Tukwila sent flames and smoke into the sky over the area, near the Southcenter Mall and east of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.Video from Chopper 7 showed flames tearing up an embankment next to the freeway near South 180th Street as ...
Man Fatally Shot On Capitol Hill
A man who was shot in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood early Thursday morning was taken by witnesses to a hospital, where he died, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Police were called to a report of shots fired about 2:15 a.m. in the 300 block of East Harrison Street. By the time ...
Kent I-5 Crash Leaves 4 Hurt
Four people were injured in a high-speed collision between a car and a delivery truck that left loaves of bread scattered across Interstate 5 in Kent early Thursday morning.Washington State Patrol troopers said drugs or alcohol were a factor in the 1:30 a.m. crash that blocked northbound lanes of I-5 ...
Woman Killed By Freight Train In Puyallup
A woman was struck and killed by a freight train at Puyallup. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said it happened just after 4 a.m. between crossings. He said the crew reported that it appeared the woman was trying to cross the double main line tracks when she was ...
Two Teens Stabbed In Pierce County
Two teenage girls are in critical condition after being stabbed at a Parkland apartment building.Sheriff's deputies searched the area near the apartment building, 120 block of 100th Street South, for the man they believed stabbed the women. The suspect was taken into custody about 12:00 a.m. Thursday.The victims were taken ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 30
Pedestrian Killed By Bus
A Seattle Police Department spokesman confirmed Wendesday night that a woman pedestrian died at about 6:15 p.m. beneath the wheels of a Metro bus traveling northbound on Third Avenue between Pine and Stewart Streets.Witnesses told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that they saw a man on a bicycle push the pedestrian ...
Couple Saves Woman From Attempted Rape
A 22-year-old construction worker accused of attacking a woman as she clutched her baby along a south King County trail, has been charged with attempted rape, prosecutors said Wednesday.Ryan Swanger, of Kent, was being held on $500,000 bail pending arraignment scheduled for Sept. 11.In a probable cause statement filed in ...
New Questions In Case Of Attack On Guardsman
Authorities are continuing to investigate a National Guardsman's claim that he was attacked earlier this week in Parkland and called "a baby killer."A witness who came forward after the incident told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News a different story about what happened on Tuesday morning, but deputies said the witness later ...
Bellevue Police Seek Peeping Tom
Bellevue police issued a sketch Wednesday of a man they said has been seen prowling a Bellevue apartment building, peering into windows at teenage girls.Police said the man looked into bedrooms at an apartment complex in the 2400 block of 148th Avenue Southeast up to five times this month.Two 13-year-old ...
Truck Crashes Into Sammamish River
A semi-trailer exiting from S.R. 520 went out of control and overturned Wednesday in the Sammamish River in Redmond.The collision occurred on West Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast at the bottom of the exit from eastbound SR 520. Washington State Department of Transportation workers closed the exit and said it could ...
Cleanup Crews Search For Edmonds Oil Spill
Cleanup crews dispatched to an oil sheen near Edmonds on Wednesday couldn't find any significant spill, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Department of Ecology crews spent several hours looking for what appeared to be a sheen of oil on Puget Sound near the Edmonds Ferry Terminal.Chopper 7 pilot Clark Stahl saw ...
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