HOQUIAM – A 37-year-old Hoquiam man was cited for negligent driving, hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license Thursday after he nearly ran over a group of runners, rolled his SUV and then sped away from the crash scene.
He wasn’t hard to find because when his 1987 Suzuki Samurai rolled, the windows broke and his wallet, with his identification, fell out onto the street.
Soon after, Hoquiam officers tracked the driver and his 44-year-old wife, who was a passenger, to their home.
A driver’s license check revealed the man had a suspended license and four prior drunken driving convictions, Maloney said.
The Daily World
Snoqualmie Pass: Short delays expected on I-90
Minimal backups of two miles or less, or delays of 15 minutes or less, are expected on Snoqualmie Pass this weekend as work has resumed on the stabilization of a rock slope that dropped massive boulders on the westbound lanes of I-90.
Heavy snowfall earlier this week temporarily shut down the project along Lake Keechelus, but work resumed Wednesday morning. Seven bolts remain to be installed, as well as the drilling of drain holes, according to state transportation officials.
Mark Ettesvold, spokesman for the state Department of Trans-portation, said that once the work is completed a safety survey will precede the removal of the safety fence and the return of the state’s major east-west corridor to its usual capacity. Until then, a 300-foot bottleneck will continue with traffic restricted to one lane in each direction and 35 mph.
King County Journal
Longview: Tribe faces competition for casino
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has competition from another tribe as it plans to build a casino in north Clark County.
This week, the Yakama Indians announced they may try to build a casino near Battle Ground, a 10-minute drive from the Cowlitz tribe’s proposed casino site at La Center.
The Yakama tribal council will vote as early as Tuesday on whether to pursue the Battle Ground casino project, according to tribal chairman Louis Cloud.
The Daily News
Littlerock: 14 horses are removed from ranch
Thurston County authorities seized 14 horses from a ranch for abused and neglected animals, saying the owner ignored repeated calls to improve their living conditions.
Animal officers and sheriff’s deputies removed the horses and 13 dogs Thursday from Miss Paula’s Ranch, operated by Paula Nichols.
Many of the 14 horses appeared to be underweight and some had diseased hooves from standing in thick, cold mud and manure, authorities said.
The case is now being sent to the county prosecutor for possible animal neglect charges, Ware said.
Nichols said she did her best to help the horses – going through 5 tons of hay a month, giving the animals medicine and calling in a veterinarian for a recent visit.
Associated Press
Oregon: State signs deal for more say over land
Gov. Ted Kulongoski and a Bureau of Land Management official signed a deal intended to give Oregon more say in how federal lands in the state are managed.
It is called the first agreement of its kind between a state and the BLM, which owns millions of acres of Western forest and range lands.
Kulongoski has been trying to get Oregon a stronger role in management of federal lands, which make up more than half of Oregon’s forest acreage.
The BLM is revising its resource management plans in western Oregon, which determine how much logging, recreational use and preservation is allowed on those lands.
Under Thursday’s agreement the Oregon Department of Forestry will represent the state in those plans, said Dan Postrel, agency affairs director.
Associated Press
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