News Stories for January 2009
Stories for Tuesday, January 27
Buyers Beware Of Flood Damaged Vehicles
Despite the deep floodwaters earlier this month, countless drivers ignored the risks and tried to plow through them.Video from Chopper 7 showed that many drivers had reason to be scared.Many cars and trucks either stalled or flipped over.In either case, the water may have effectively totaled those vehicles, but the ...
Girl, 7, Dies In Whatcom County Crash
Snow and icy weather are largely to blame for the fatal accident on a bridge over the Nooksack River, said Washington State Patrol.A 45-year-old Bellingham mother was driving her two little girls in a van northbound on the Hannegan Road at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when the van went out ...
School Bus Loses Control, Crashes On Icy Tacoma Street
A driver lost control of her school bus on an icy Tacoma street and smashed through a fence on her first day on the job Tuesday morning.The driver had finished her morning route and there were no children on board. She was returning to the bus yard when the bus ...
Animal Shelters To Partner With Vet Tech Program
After King County animal shelters were under fire last year for problems ranging from substandard conditions to poor animal care, County Executive Ron Sims announced a new partnership between the county and a veterinary tech program.Sims said students at PIMA Medical Institute will learn their trade while providing better care ...
Arlington Men Jailed In Mexico May Soon Be Cleared
An 88-year-old man and his grandson who have been jailed in Mexico since Jan. 8 could soon be cleared and returning home to Arlington.Edward Chrisman and his grandson, Gary, were accused by a woman of paying her daughters for nude photos. The men said the girls approached them and said ...
Police Using Sonar To Search For Man In Lake Washington
Police marine units are using sonar to look for the body of a man who disappeared in Lake Washington Monday night.Police officers and marine units from King County, Mercer Island, Seattle and the US Coast Guard scoured part of Lake Washington Monday night after callers to 911 reported hearing a ...
Man Ejected From Car In South Seattle Crash
A man was thrown from a car when it struck a tree in South Seattle early Tuesday morning, police said.The driver lost control of the car, a two-door Honda Accord Coupe, and struck the tree at Alaska Street and Beacon Avenue South at 1:15 a.m., police said.Police said the man ...
Snow Sends Cars Sliding
Snow came and went in Western Washington, but not before it left crashes -- including a fatal one in Whatcom County -- and delayed numerous schools on Tuesday.In the Whatcom County crash, a girl was killed when a van and a pickup truck collided on bridge in an accident troopers ...
Stories for Monday, January 26
Driver Charged With Killing Toddler In Crash
A man is facing vehicular homicide charges after the SUV he was driving, with four kids inside, lost control and plunged into the river, killing one child.The driver of an off-road vehicle was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after an accident near Centralia that killed a toddler.Police said Benjamin ...
Weyerhaeuser Closing Two Aberdeen Mills
Two Weyerhaeuser mills in Aberdeen are closing due to weak market conditions, said the Weyerhaeuser Company.A sawmill and the Pacific Veneer mill, both in Aberdeen, will permanently close, officials said. The closures will affect nearly 200 hourly and 25 salaried positions.Weyerhaeuser will support affected employees with transition benefits, severance, employment ...
First Day Of DUI Trial For Pacific's Police Chief
A trial is under way for a drunken driving charge for the police chief of the city of Pacific.Jurors heard from the woman who called 911 to report Police Chief John Calkins’ erratic driving on State route 410 on the night of Aug. 5. Jaime Richardson told the court she ...
3 Men, 3 Seattle Banks Robbed In One Day
Three Seattle banks were robbed Monday by three different men, said FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs.Seattle Pacific University was briefly locked down after a nearby US Bank in the 300 block of West Nickerson Street was robbed at about 10:30 a.m, said Mark Jameson of the Seattle Police Department.Campus was ordered ...
Task Of Caring For Dogs Multiplies As Puppies Born
The number of dogs seized in several Snohomish and Skagit county animal raids continues to grow because many of the dogs deputies took were pregnant.Now rescue groups taking care of the dogs are having to double, triple -- even quadruple their efforts.The good news for 2-day-old poodle puppies is that ...
Seattle Community Leaders Offer DTV Help
Making sure that all citizens have access to television once the federally-mandated DTV transition is made is why community leaders gathered in Seattle on Monday."I would look at the giant snowstorm or the recent flooding as evidence of the types of information that people need to get, and we're concerned ...
SPU Briefly Locked Down
The Seattle Pacific University campus was briefly locked down Monday as police searched for someone who robbed a bank near the campus.A 35- to 40-year-old man with a blue shirt and pants robbed a bank in the 300 block of West Nickerson Street at about 10:30 a.m., Mark Jameson of ...
Woman's Body Found At Home In Kitsap County
Kitsap County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found at a Seabeck-area house Monday morning.The body of the 51-year-old woman was found on the porch of the home at a bloody scene in the 10600 block of Northwest Pioneer Road, near Seabeck Highway. Deputy ...
Knox Supporters Hold Seattle Fundraiser
Supporters of former University of Washington student Amanda Knox, who's on trial in Italy for the murder of her roommate, held a fundraiser Saturday night to raise money for her defense.Knox's supporters gathered at a restaurant in West Seattle. They said they're launching a new campaign to proclaim her innocence ...
Toddler Killed When Thrown From SUV Into River
The driver of an off-road vehicle was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after an accident near Centralia that killed a toddler.Troopers said the 41-year-old man was driving off-road while under the influence on Saturday night and had four children with him near Big Hanaford Road.Officers said the man lost ...
Klahanie Kidnapping A Hoax, Sheriff's Office Says
The 10-year-old girl who told police she fought off a kidnapper last week in her Klahanie neighborhood made up the story, the sheriff's office said.The girl confessed to her parents on Saturday evening, and the parents notified detectives investigating the case immediately, the sheriff's office said in a news release ...
Van Nearly Unrecognizable After Fatal Crash
The driver of a van was killed in what police said was a wrong-way crash on Interstate 5 near Fife late Sunday night.The Washington State Patrol said the driver of a van entered the northbound lanes of the freeway via the Bay Street offramp heading southbound about midnight Sunday when ...
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