News Stories for February 2012
Stories for Thursday, February 23
2,000 gallons of diesel leak into Magnolia drainage ditch
The Seattle Fire Department said 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel have leaked into a Magnolia drainage ditch after a locomotive engine derailed Thursday morning. The engine, which is not connected to any other train cars, belongs to Burlington Northern Railroad. The Environmental Protection Agency has been ...
'The citizens of Washington have lost a humble public servant'
Investigators still don't know why a Port Orchard man shot and killed a Washington State Patrol trooper early Thursday morning and then took his own life later in the day. The trooper, 44-year-old Tony Radulescu, had pulled over a green truck on State Route 16 near Anderson Hill Road Southwest ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 22
Homes crushed, damaged by landslides near Stanwood
One home was crushed and another damaged when several landslides occurred near Stanwood. Firefighters said the cliff at McKees Beach crumbled at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, sending a stream of debris 75 feet down into two homes on the shore. "We have had heavy rains for the last ...
'Suspicious letter' sent to Sen. Murray's Seattle office
A "suspicious letter" was sent to Sen. Patty Murray's office in Seattle on Wednesday, representatives at Murray's office said. Hazmat crews determined a powdery substance inside was a harmless mixture of corn starch and dry instant mashed potato mixture. CBS News had reported earlier Wednesday that a handful ...
Police: Bremerton school shooting was accidental
The shooting that critically wounded an 8-year-old girl at a Bremerton school Wednesday was accidental, the Bremerton Police Department said. A third-grade boy at Armin Jahr Elementary School brought a gun to school and it discharged in his backpack and struck Amina Kocer-Bowman, a classmate. Kocer-Bowman, was rushed to Harrison Medical ...
Judge: Washington state can't force pharmacies to sell emergency contraceptives
It will have to be Plan B for Washington state on Plan B birth control. A federal judge in Tacoma on Wednesday ruled the state cannot force pharmacies to sell the so-called morning after pill or other emergency contraceptives. The ruling is the latest chapter in a long ...
Suspect in Sequim homicides is dead, police say
A man wanted in connection with two slayings in Sequim has killed himself, police say. A police robot found John Loring dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a Port Angeles apartment complex where he was holed up, authorities told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Deborah Horne. Earlier, ...
Mudslide halts Amtrak service near Everett
Amtrak Cascade service has been disrupted after a mudslide came down on tracks south of Everett. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad said the tracks will be closed for the customary 48 hours after a slide for safety. Chartered buses will substitute for most Amtrak Cascades trains and for ...
Camper rescued after trapped by rising waters on Snoqualmie River
A camper was rescued after he became trapped by floodwaters from the rising Snoqualmie River early Wednesday. The man was camping in a wooded area across from downtown Snoqualmie in the vicinity of Southeast Park Street and Euclid Avenue Southeast when waters started to reach him at about 3:45 ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 21
Disciplined officer earns extra overtime
A Seattle cop, caught stomping on the head of a Latino suspect, was allowed to increase his overtime hours by 37% last year, helping make up most of the pay he lost to a suspension. Some prominent community leaders tell lead Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne that's not the ...
18-year-old man missing from Spanaway
From Tacoma/Pierce County CrimeStoppers: The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the disappearance of 18-year-old Christopher Virdell. Virdell was last seen at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday February 9th, 2012, as he left a friend’s residence on 223rd St. E. in Spanaway to catch a bus to work. Christopher ...
Driver killed in Tacoma crash may have mistaken road
A driver killed when a car crashed head-on into an embankment in Tacoma early Tuesday morning may have thought he was on a different road, police said. The man behind the wheel was pronounced dead at the scene after his car struck the embankment near the intersection of 12th ...
Stories for Monday, February 20
Family remembers snowboarder killed at Alpental
The family of a man killed Sunday in an avalanche at Alpental told KIRO 7 they don’t know what they’ll do without him. Karl Milanoski, 41, was snowboarding with two other friends when the snow he was on gave way and swept him 500 feet over a cliff, officials ...
Stevens Pass avalanche survivor credits airbag
A professional skier caught up in Sunday’s deadly avalanche at Stevens Pass said Monday she credited her survival with the backpack airbag designed to save her life. Elyse Saugstad tumbled 2,000 feet in 30 seconds in the same avalanche that killed fellow skiers Jim Jack, Chris Rudolph and John ...
Toddler found OK in Kitsap home with dead mother
A 3-year-old boy who was found in a Port Orchard home with his dead mother is OK. The Kitsap Sun reported the woman's sister went to the home Sunday because she had been trying to contact her for several days. She could hear her nephew inside and talked ...
Skiers head to Stevens Pass as avalanche victims mourned
Skiers on the Presidents Day holiday are heading to Stevens Pass, the site of an avalanche that killed three skiers on Sunday, as friends and families mourn the victims. The skiers were part of a group of 13 who got hit by the avalanche. ...
How to opt-out of receiving phone books
You no longer have to put up with getting unwanted phone directories. An agreement approved Monday by the state and industry representatives means you can opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages. As part of the agreement, the state's largest directory publishers -- Berry, Dex, SuperMedia and YellowBook ...
Prison employee accused of sleeping on the job
A mental health counselor is under investigation after complaints that the he was sleeping on the job. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News partners at the Olympian reports that a whistleblower made complaints about the counselor at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The person claimed ...
Skier caught in deadly avalanche survived using airbag
A professional skier caught in a slide on Stevens Pass that killed three fellow skiers survived by using an avalanche airbag. Elyse Saugstad was with a group of 13 skiers in the backcountry Sunday when some of the skiers were caught in an avalanche. Three men, 41-year-old John Brenan, ...
Burned body found in Tacoma alley likely suicide
A body found early Monday morning at South 76th and South Oakes streets in Tacoma is likely the result of a suicide, police said. Firefighters responding to a fire found the body with severe burns in debris in an alley next to a gate. A Tacoma Police Department ...
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