YAKIMA — Seniors who use Yakima County’s Meals on Wheels program now can get food for their pets, too.
The program started the new service in April. Homebound seniors already receiving meals for themselves can now receive food for their cats and dogs. More than 100 pets are being fed.
Similar programs are offered in many cities around the country. While the senior nutrition program in Yakima County relies on taxpayer money, the food for the pets is donated and packaged by volunteers.
Seattle: Overboard search called off
The search for a man reported overboard from a Washington state ferry in Seattle’s Elliott Bay has been called off.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Colin White says everyone on board has been accounted for. He says debris in the water was mistaken for someone.
Ferry spokeswoman Susan Harris says it was a floating log with a balloon attached.
The man overboard alarm delayed Wednesday’s 7:55 a.m. run of the Wenatchee from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. Several small Coast Guard boats and a tug helped the ferry search.
Rapist gets another life sentence
A rapist already sentenced to life in prison has received another life term, without parole, in Seattle for murder.
KOMO radio reports Curtis Thompson was removed from the courtroom Wednesday for an outburst at his sentencing. He said he’s the victim, and the state provoked any monster in him.
The 45-year-old was convicted last month in King County Superior Court of stabbing a woman to death during a sexual attack.
It was the third conviction for Thompson for a crime spree in August 2004 that included rape and assaults.
Bothell: Plan to fix tunnel machine
Contractors have a plan to repair a tunnel-boring machine that is blocking a $1.8 billion sewage treatment plant near Woodinville.
The King County project manager, Gunars Sreibers, says crews will begin drilling six wells late this month in Bothell.
The Seattle Times reports the wells will remove water from around the damaged boring machine, which is 340 feet under ground, so it can be repaired.
The machine is digging part of the 13-mile tunnel that will carry treated sewage to Puget Sound from the plant the county calls Brightwater.
The problem could delay the opening of the treatment plant, which has already been pushed back to 2011. It will treat sewage from growing communities in north King and south Snohomish counties.
Spokane: Store sued over allegation
The Rosauers grocery chain is being sued by a Spokane family who claim one of the store’s security guards falsely accused their daughter of prostituting herself to elderly customers.
The incident occurred at the Spokane Valley Rosauers almost three years ago. The child claims she was making innocent conversation with other customers, but Rosauers officials say the 11-year-old girl was making indecent proposals.
The girl went to the store with her aunt to shop, but was detained by a security guard.
The family is now suing Rosauer’s claiming unlawful imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress and assault and battery.
City may name road for M.L. King
The Spokane Plan Commission is considering naming a new stretch of Riverside Avenue after Martin Luther King Jr.
The president of the Spokane branch of the NAACP, V. Anne Smith, told The Spokesman-Review that naming a street after King is long overdue.
The extension under the Hamilton Street Bridge to Trent Avenue is intended to ease traffic around Washington State University’s Riverpoint campus. The older portion of Riverside through downtown Spokane will not change names.
Ore: Trial set for baggage thefts
A trial date has been set July 28 for two former Northwest Airlines employees accused of stealing hundreds of items from checked luggage at Portland International Airport.
The second of the two, 46-year-old Jose Romero pleaded not guilty Monday to a grand jury indictment on theft charges. Bridgette Bunnell pleaded not guilty earlier.
Court papers say investigators later learned Bunnell was in on the thefts after reported the matter when she was no longer getting her share of the take.
Associated Press
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