Disasters (general)
Natural gas line in Kelso patched after leak
KELSO -- Cowlitz County fire officials say a man mowing his lawn accidentally busted an above-ground natural gas line stub at the North Kelso Baptist Church.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest
Teen lost in Columbia River near Camas
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Deputies from both sides of the Columbia River are using sonar Tuesday in an attempt to locate the body of a 13-year-old Sedro-Woolley boy lost when a boat capsized while he was sturgeon fishing with his father and grandfather.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest
Ind. man releases hostages, fatally shoots self
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Days after deaths, another crowd attempts Everest
KATMANDU, Nepal -- A wave of climbers has headed for the summit of Mount Everest, and several people have already made it in what is expected to another busy weekend on the top of the world.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Diver missing, presumed dead off Blake Island
SEATTLE -- A 59-year-old diver is missing and presumed dead after running out of air while spearfishing.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest
Washougal bicyclist struck, killed by truck in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. -- A bicyclist from Washougal has died after being struck by a pickup truck near Grand Ronde, Oregon.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest
Climber dies after falling on Alaska's McKinley
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska -- National Park officials say a climber has died of injuries after falling during a climb of Alaska's Mount McKinley.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest
Man dead after small boat overturns near Sucia Island
FRIDAY HARBOR -- The Coast Guard says one man died and two survivors have been rescued after a 15-foot motor boat overturned near Sucia Island in northwest Washington's San Juan Islands.The victim was not immediately identified.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
32 years after the blast
Memories of Mount St. Helens' eruption remain vivid
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Teen's body recovered from pond near Burlington
BURLINGTON -- The Skagit County sheriff’s office says the body of a 16-year-old Sedro-Woolley boy has been recovered from a gravel pit pond north of Burlington.The Skagit Valley Herald reported that the body was found Thursday afternoon.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Chehalis boy lying in road struck and killed
CHEHALIS -- The Lewis County sheriff's office says underage drinking and poor choices led to the death of a 16-year-old boy in Adna.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Husband of slain ranger leaving Mount Rainier Park
MOUNT RAINIER -- The husband of slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson is leaving the park where he also worked as an enforcement officer.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Toddler drowns in Terrace Heights canal
TERRACE HEIGHTS -- Family members say an 18-month-old boy was out of sight for just a minute at a Terrace Heights home when he went missing.They searched the homes and surrounding homes Saturday before calling 911.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Hearing on charges in Bremerton school shooting
PORT ORCHARD -- A court hearing Tuesday in Port Orchard may determine whether assault charges will stand against the adults prosecutors blame for a school shooting that nearly killed a Bremerton girl.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Faith healing trial begins in Okanogan
OKANOGAN -- Opening statements began Wednesday in Okanogan in the murder trial of a faith healing couple whose teenage son died of a burst appendix.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Fishing boat runs aground near Neah Bay
SEATTLE -- The Coast Guard rescued three crewmen from a fishing boat that ran aground early Wednesday on rocks about four miles west of Neah Bay.The operator called for help about 3:30 a.m. and said he had fallen asleep and that the 37-foot vessel was taking on water.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Body found in burned out car east of Auburn
AUBURN -- The King County sheriff's office reports a body has been found in a burned out car in a rural area east of Auburn.Mountain View Fire responded to a report of a car fire after 4 a.m. Sunday in the area of Southeast 328th Street and Southeast Auburn Black Diamond Road.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
State woman who dies in Arizona mountain fall
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. -- A woman who died in a fall while hiking in Arizona has been identified as a Washington state resident.Pinal County authorities said Friday that the victim was Mona Mae Baker, 64, of Hansville.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
Spokane officer cleared in daughter's shooting
SPOKANE -- Prosecutors say a Spokane police officer will not be charged for the accidental shooting in which his 10-year-old daughter wounded herself in the leg with his gun.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
3-year-old left alone on Poulsbo school bus
POULSBO -- The North Kitsap School District says a school bus driver should have walked through the bus before parking it Wednesday morning and should have found a 3-year-old girl who didn't get off at her preschool.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Man's body found in Bellingham's Whatcom Creek
BELLINGHAM -- Bellingham police are investigating after a man's body was discovered in Whatcom Creek Tuesday morning.Police said the man's body appears to have been in water for some time.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
More hearings planned on sinking that killed 4
WARRENTON, Ore. -- The U.S. Coast Guard plans more hearings later this spring into the sinking of the fishing vessel Lady Cecelia. It disappeared March 10 off the coast of southern Washington, and four people died.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Body found in Pe Ell River may be missing rafter
CHEHALIS -- A Lewis County sheriff's spokesman says a body found in the Chehalis River may be that of a rafter who disappeared last weekend.KOMO-TV reported that a deputy found the body Thursday evening.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Spill causes die-off of salmon in Nooksack River
FERNDALE -- State and tribal environmental officials are seeking information about a spill that caused a small die-off of young salmon in the Nooksack River.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
Women and children first? Not likely
STOCKHOLM — A hundred years after the Titanic sank, two Swedish researchers on Thursday said when it comes to sinking ships, male chivalry is "a myth" and more men generally survive such disasters than women and children.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Nation & World
Pedestrian killed by Amtrak train in Auburn
AUBURN -- A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman says a person attempting to cross BNSF's rail yard in the south Seattle suburb of Auburn was hit and killed Tuesday evening by a northbound Amtrak train.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Korean Airlines Boeing 777 diverted after threat
TORONTO — A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver, B.C. to Seoul diverted to a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island under escort by two U.S. fighter jets after the airline's U.S. call center received a call about a threat on board.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Cruise ship to retrace voyage of Titanic
LONDON -- A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago set sail from England on Sunday to retrace the ship's voyage, including a visit to the location where it sank.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Trayvon Martin death won't go to Fla. grand jury
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A grand jury will not look into the Trayvon Martin case, a special prosecutor said Monday, leaving the decision of whether to charge the teen's shooter in her hands alone and eliminating the possibility of a first-degree murder charge.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Unsinkable fascination
After 100 years, Titanic tragedy still captivates world
Date: 04/03/2012 | Life
Molly Brown museum looks at woman behind myth
DENVER -- Thousands of miles from the ocean, a museum tells the story of a woman made famous by the Titanic. No, her name was not Rose, and a movie about her life, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," starring Debbie Reynolds as a plucky lifeboat survivor, was a hit decades before Kate Winslet's doomed...
Date: 03/31/2012 | Life
Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code
PHILADELPHIA -- I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He's only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I needed to explain to my child that soon people might be afraid of him.
Date: 03/25/2012 | Nation & World
Slain teen's friends say he never picked a fight
MIAMI -- Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Train kills man on Toutle River bridge
CASTLE ROCK -- A man has been struck and killed by a train on the railroad bridge across the Toutle River near Castle Rock.Burlington Northern Santa Fe said the man was trespassing on the bridge just before 9 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit by a southbound freight train.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Hiker falls to death near North Bend
NORTH BEND -- A King County sheriff's spokeswoman says a hiker is dead after falling about 300 feet at Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Kayaker from Eastern Ore. dies in Colombia flood
BAKER CITY, Ore. -- Family members say a former Baker City man who worked as a smokejumper in Central Oregon during the fire season and spent the rest of the year kayaking the rivers of South America has died after a flash flood swept him from a campsite in Colombia.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Body found in fire at Malaga homeless camp site
MALAGA -- The Chelan County sheriff's office says a body found at a brush fire Friday morning at Malaga may have been a homeless camper.Sgt. Jerry Moore told The Wenatchee World that firefighters found the body in debris that appeared to be a homeless camp.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Northwest
Bomb threat evacuates Cle Elum-Roslyn schools
CLE ELUM -- The 900 students in central Washington's Cle Elum-Roslyn School District were evacuated after a bomb threat was left on a computer screen in a high school classroom. Authorities said later Tuesday no explosive devices were found.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Body recovered off Seattle waterfront ID'd
MISSOULA, Mont. -- A co-owner of the Badlander bar in Missoula, Mont., has been found dead in Seattle's Elliott Bay.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
2-year-old dies in shower with cousins in Deming
BELLINGHAM -- The Whatcom County sheriff's office and Child Protective Services are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who apparently drowned while taking a shower with his cousins -- ages 3 and 5 -- at a home near Deming.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Boat explodes in Port Orchard; 5 injured
PORT ORCHARD -- Five people have been injured in an explosion on a boat at the Port Orchard Yacht Club.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Police make 'tentative' ID of body found in river
WASHOUGAL -- The body of an adult woman has been found in the Little Washougal River near Washougal, Wash. A caller reported the discovery on Monday morning. The woman has not been identified. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said a "tentative identification" has been made.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
FEMA has plan to waive debts of disaster victims
NEW ORLEANS -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday that it is rolling out a plan to waive debts for many victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters who may have mistakenly received aid overpayments that total millions of dollars.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Business
Driver killed in collision with train in Ephrata
EPHRATA -- The driver killed when his vehicle collided with a freight train at a gated crossing in Ephrata has been identified as an 81-year-old man.The Columbia Basin Herald said William Hertenstein of Grand Coulee was killed Tuesday morning.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Aberdeen man misfires gun, wounds girlfriend
ABERDEEN -- Police say a 20-year-old Aberdeen man was using a 9 mm handgun to empty a magazine of bullets when it fired and wounded his 19-year-old girlfriend in the right arm.She was treated Monday night at a hospital. Police told KBKW her boyfriend could be charged.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Oregon climber reported dead in Mount Hood fall
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found the body of an experienced mountaineer who apparently died in a severe fall during icy conditions on Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Former Ore. radio personality drowns in hot tub
CATHLAMET -- A woman found dead in a hot tub in Cathlamet was a former Portland radio personality.The Cowlitz County coroner said Jaime Cooley, 33, died of accidental drowning.Coroner Tim Davidson said Monday there is no suspicion of foul play.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Northwest
Cannon blast injures Montesano man
MONTESANO -- A man firing a black powder cannon in a remote location near Montesano was injured when it spontaneously discharged.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Northwest
Blast kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys
GRAHAM — Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Northwest
Day after CEO's death, Micron names new chief executive
BOISE, Idaho -- The board of directors for Micron Technology Inc. has named Mark Durcan the company's chief executive officer, a day after longtime CEO and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a plane crash.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Man airlifted to hospital with power grinder injury
LONGVIEW -- A Cowlitz County fire spokesman says a 53-year-old man has been airlifted from the Longview area to a Vancouver hospital for treatment of a severe facial injury caused by a commercial-grade power grinder.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Ship sinks off Turkish coast, 8 missing
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish Coast Guard boats, tug boats and a helicopter were searching for eight crew members after a Cambodia-flagged freighter ship sank in stormy waters off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Tuesday, officials said. Three other crew members were rescued.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
Family of missing U.S. couple accepts search end
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. -- Family members of a Minnesota couple missing in the Italian cruise ship disaster said Tuesday they accept the decision to end the search.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
Farmers in Snohomish, Island counties may be eligible for disaster aid
EVERETT -- Farmers in Snohomish and Island counties are eligible to apply for federal disaster support following a year of weird weather.Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, announced in a statement Tuesday that farmers in 15 counties statewide can apply.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Local News
Car lands upside down in creek, woman rescued
SPOKANE -- Spokane officials say a car skidded off an icy road and landed upside down in a creek, leaving a 25-year-old woman caught by her seatbelt but still able to breathe in the partially submerged vehicle.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
Quillayute school bus driver dies
FORKS -- The driver of a Quillayute school bus apparently suffered a heart attack while driving on Highway 101 near Forks.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Northwest
Divers find 12th body in cruise ship corridor
GIGLIO, Italy — Divers plumbing the capsized Costa Concordia's murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain's cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the cruise liner after it was...
Date: 01/21/2012 | Nation & World
Authorities: Body spent days in theater restroom
DENVER. -- Family members are waiting for answers about how a 66-year-old Colorado man's body went unnoticed in a locked movie theater restroom for about five days after he died there.
Date: 01/17/2012 | Nation & World
Coast Guard investigates crash of 2 fishing boats
SEATTLE -- The Coast Guard is investigating a collision between two fishing vessels off the Washington coast that apparently happened when the pilot of the bigger one fell asleep.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Northwest
Boy, 10, dies in apparent accidental hanging
BELLINGHAM -- A 10-year-old Whatcom County boy has died from injuries he suffered during an apparent accidental hanging at his home.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
Dartmouth student from Seatttle found dead in Barcelona
MADRID -- Authorities are investigating the death of a student from Seattle in Barcelona, but at this point do not suspect foul play, Spanish police said Tuesday.Crispin Scott was found dead Saturday in an apartment in Barcelona province, a police spokeswoman said.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
La Center teen who collapsed at basketball practice dies
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The 14-year-old La Center boy who collapsed during a middle school basketball practice on Jan. 3 died Monday at a Portland hospital.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
Teen who collapsed during practice 'hanging in there'
LA CENTER -- A 14-year-old southwest Washington middle school student remains hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing at a school basketball practice. La Center School District Superintendent Mark Mansell says Cody Sherrell is "hanging in there."
Date: 01/05/2012 | Northwest
La Center teen in critical condition after collapse at practice
LA CENTER -- A doctor says a 14-year-old middle school student who collapsed in cardiac arrest at a school basketball practice in La Center is in critical condition at a Portland, Ore., hospital.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
Ritzville woman struck, killed by train
RITZVILLE -- Police in the Eastern Washington city of Ritzville say a 38-year-old woman was struck and killed by an Amtrak train.
Date: 12/31/2011 | Northwest
Wenatchee student who drowned had been teased
WENATCHEE -- A police report says a Washington state student who drowned in the Wenatchee High School pool had been kidded when he said he did not know how to swim.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Northwest
Boy, 3, shoots leg with .357-caliber handgun
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County sheriff's officer says a 3-year-old Wenatchee, Wash., boy shot himself in the leg with a .357-caliber handgun he found in the master bedroom of his home.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Northwest
Official says Robert Wagner not a suspect in Natalie Wood death
LOS ANGELES -- Investigators reopened the case of Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning after receiving new information they deemed credible enough to warrant another look at one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries.
Date: 11/18/2011 | Nation & World
Pro skier dead after Utah avalanche
SALT LAKE CITY -- A world record-holding professional skier who once famously jumped off a 255-foot cliff jump died in a weekend avalanche in Utah while on a steep slope at a closed resort.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Nation & World
Missing sailboat captain found dead near Blakely Island
BLAKELY ISLAND -- A missing Bellingham sailboat captain has been found dead at the bottom of the harbor near Blakely Island in the San Juans.KOMO-TV reported that the missing captain, Donald Mierzeski, had taken his 35-foot sailboat to the San Juans for a racing event on Saturday.
Date: 11/13/2011 | Northwest
Crewmember of Seattle-based Alaska Warrior found dead
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A crewmember on the Alaska Warrior has been found dead.The Anchorage Daily News reported that other crewmembers found 37-year-old Sui Filisi dead onboard the ship Wednesday when it was docked in Dutch Harbor.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
No cause of death found for Calif. woman
LONGVIEW -- An autopsy on a California woman who disappeared during the Rainbow Family gathering has failed to determine her cause of death.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Missing Hoquiam woman found dead of exposure
OCEAN SHORES -- A missing Hoquiam woman has been found dead near Ocean Shores.Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott told KOMO Radio it appears Sherry Christy became lost in thick brush while picking mushrooms and died of exposure.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
1 dies, 4 injured as New York building collapses
NEW YORK -- Fire officials say one worker is dead and four others were injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn.The Fire Department of New York says the workers were in a five-story building when it collapsed Tuesday. Two of the injured are in serious condition.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
WSU student's clothes catch fire in dorm
PULLMAN -- Pullman Fire Department investigators are trying to determine how a Washington State University student set his clothes on fire.The student suffered burns Tuesday evening in Perham Hall dormitory.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Northwest
Sheriff: Hiker mistakenly shot by Ore. bear hunter
SUBLIMITY, Ore. -- A California member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves was shot and killed in Oregon after authorities say a hunter mistook him for a bear.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Northwest
Ohio man sues after wife dies on cruise in Belize
SEATTLE -- Tourist Diana Mechling jumped from the back of a boat last February into the warm waters off the coast of Belize to start snorkeling.
Date: 10/20/2011 | Northwest
Some oil from sunken boat hits Seattle beach
SEATTLE -- The Coast Guard said Friday evening that a “very small part” of a diesel fuel and oil spill from a 73-foot workboat that sank earlier in the day has reached a Seattle beach.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Northwest
Skydiver who died was in 'Honeymoon in Vegas'
LAS VEGAS -- It was supposed to be a special birthday gift to a grandmother -- a family skydiving adventure with a veteran instructor who was one of the Elvis Presley impersonators who jumped from an airplane in the movie "Honeymoon in Vegas."
Date: 10/10/2011 | Nation & World
Collapse in slow motion
With winter's rain, ground under homes may slide faster
Date: 10/03/2011 | Local News
Boy pulled from ocean finally home
PUYALLUP -- A 12-year-old boy pulled from the Pacific Ocean six weeks ago after being underwater for at least 15 minutes gingerly walked out of a hospital Tuesday as he continues his remarkable recovery.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Northwest
Air crash victim remembered as compassionate tough guy
To his friends, Greg Morcom was the protector.He was the funny tough guy. When they needed him, he was the first one on their doorstep.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Local News
11 dead, 14 missing as boat sinks off Indonesia's Bali island
BALI, Indonesia -- Indonesian police say a wooden boat carrying dozens of Balinese musicians has sunk in high waves, killing 11 people.Rescuers are scouring the waters for 14 others still missing, including the captain.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Nation & World
Ban recommended on trucker cell use and texting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Truckers and other commercial drivers should be banned from talking on the phone and texting when they are behind the wheel, a federal safety agency recommended Tuesday.
Date: 09/14/2011 | Nation & World
Police: India train crash kills 10
NEW DELHI -- A passenger train traveling through southern India collided with another train stopped at a signal on Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring dozens more, a government official said.
Date: 09/13/2011 | Nation & World
Bus-train crash kills 11, injures 212 in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A bus driver gambled and tried to rush across railroad tracks Tuesday despite a barrier, bells and flashing lights, setting off a chain-reaction collision with two trains that killed 11 people and injured hundreds in Argentina's capital.
Date: 09/13/2011 | Nation & World
Scientists: Bacteria spreading in warming oceans
BRUSSELS -- Warning: The warming of the world's oceans can cause serious illness and may cost millions of euros (dollars) in health care.That is the alarm sounded in a paper released online Tuesday on the eve of a two-day conference in Brussels.
Date: 09/13/2011 | Nation & World
Arlington bicyclist thanks all who helped him
Dick Cress of Arlington has many folks to thank.His bike was stolen July 30. We wrote about the theft Aug. 3, "Avid cyclist's wheels stolen."
Date: 09/13/2011 | Local News
Logger killed in Stevens County accident
SPRINGDALE -- A logger has died in an accident near Springdale in Stevens County in northeast Washington.KREM reported authorities received a call for help shortly before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and a Medstar helicopter was dispatched.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Northwest
UW student died in fall near Snoqualmie Pass
SEATTLE -- SEATTLE -- The King County medical examiner's office has identified a young man killed in a fall near Snoqualmie Pass.He was William Allen, 21, of Puyallup.University of Washington spokesman Bob Roseth said the young man was a UW student and a member of the crew team.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Northwest
Toddler nearly drowns at Vancouver park beach
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Clark County firefighters say a 4-year-old girl nearly drowned at a popular swimming beach at Vancouver.Fire District 6 said a bystander spotted the girl face down in the water Monday evening at Klineline Pond in Salmon Creek Park.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Northwest
Fatality at Moses Lake Sand Dunes
MOSES LAKE -- The Grant County sheriff's office says a man who fell out of the bed of a pickup truck at the Moses Lake Sand Dunes recreational area died of a head injury.The accident happened late Friday night, and county firefighters took the man to a Moses Lake hospital where he died Saturday.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Northwest
Climber dies after fall near Snoqualmie Pass
SNOQUALMIE PASS -- Rescue crews have recovered the body of a climber who fell Monday on Kalateen Peak near Snoqualmie Pass.
Date: 09/05/2011 | Northwest
Hiker from state found dead in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A search in Yosemite National Park for a 69-year-old Washington man has come to a sad ending.
Date: 09/04/2011 | Northwest
Bicyclist killed in Mattawa, struck by car
MATTAWA -- The State Patrol says a 65-year-old bicyclist is dead after a collision with a car in Mattawa.
Date: 09/04/2011 | Northwest
2 people and dog OK after rescue from sinking boat
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. -- Two people and their dog are OK after being rescued from a sinking sailboat off the Northern California coast.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Northwest
Police: Parents punished dead boy by denying water
DALLAS -- A 10-year-old Dallas-area boy who died of dehydration after his father and stepmother kept water from him was being punished for wetting the bed, authorities say.
Date: 08/27/2011 | Nation & World
Streetcar derails in Rio, killing at least 5
SAO PAULO -- Brazilian officials say a streetcar popular with tourists has derailed in Rio de Janeiro and at least five people have died. More than 30 other people are injured.
Date: 08/27/2011 | Nation & World
Mexican army, feds raid casinos after arson attack
MONTERREY, Mexico -- Hundreds of soldiers and federal agents are raiding casinos in this northern city, authorities said Saturday, two days after an arson attack on a gambling house killed 52 people and stunned a country that had become numb to massacres and beheadings.
Date: 08/27/2011 | Nation & World
Chicago-bound Amtrak derails in Neb.; 22 hurt
BENKELMAN, Neb. -- An Amtrak train headed from California to Chicago struck a demolition crane in southwest Nebraska on Friday, forcing two locomotives and three passenger cars off the rails but causing no major injuries, officials said.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Nation & World
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