Northwest Briefly: Two hurt in Tacoma ‘monster truck’ show accident
Published 12:04 am Saturday, January 17, 2009
TACOMA — A Tacoma Fire Department spokeswoman says an adult and a child have been injured by flying debris during a monster truck show at the Tacoma Dome.
Spokeswoman Jolene Davis told The News Tribune “some sort of accident” occurred Friday night but she had no details. She said she did not know the nature of the injuries to the two people taken to area hospitals.
Witness Christine Moe told KING5 that she saw a little boy in the stands who was struck in the head by a piece that flew off one of the trucks.
Wenatchee: Blewett Pass reopens after 10-day closure
The Washington state Transportation Department has reopened U.S. 97 across Blewett Pass after a 10-day weather-related closure.
The highway across the pass west of Wenatchee provides a link between I-90 at Ellensburg and U.S. 2. It reopened Friday evening.
It was closed early Jan. 7 following washouts and mudslides at four locations.
Lacey: Burglars steal gumball machines
Police are looking for two men who have stolen gumball and candy machines in a string of seven thefts in the past month at restaurants and businesses in Lacey.
The burglars usually break in by throwing a rock through a window.
One restaurant manager told The Olympian he thought the thieves wanted to sell the machines on eBay. But machines taken Wednesday were found in a Tumwater cul de sac, destroyed for a small amount of change.
Seattle: Prosecutors drop murder charge
A Tacoma man who spent nearly a year in jail, accused of a fatal shooting at the Federal Way Transit Center, has been released.
King County prosecutors dropped a murder charge Thursday against Glenn C. Proctor, 21.
His lawyer told The Tacoma News Tribune he was at the scene, but surveillance video shows he was not the shooter.
The victim was a 38-year-old SeaTac woman, Darrel Miller, who was not the intended target. Police are looking for another suspect who was at the scene of the shooting in January of 2008.
Vancouver, Wash.: FDIC takes over bank
The Washington state Department of Financial Institutions has closed the Vancouver-based Bank of Clark County because of inadequate capital and liquidity.
That move was announced Friday evening. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. became the bank’s receiver. The bank will reopen on Tuesday as an operation of Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, Ore.
State officials say the closure is the first such Washington state action since 1993, when officials closed Emerald City Bank of Seattle.
Spokane: Freezing fog hits Eastern Washington
Freezing fog is bringing down trees on power lines and causing hazardous driving conditions in parts of Eastern Washington.
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said five trees fell Friday morning onto the Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road, knocking out power to at least 70 customers in the area.
Power outages also have been reported since Thursday night at Cheney, Davenport, Wilbur, Creston and Almira.
Outside Spokane, the Creston and Wilbur school districts closed Friday due to power outages.
Federal Way: Students need permission to watch inauguration
Some Federal Way students who want to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama at school will have to get permission from their parents.
Every school will give students a chance to watch about 15 minutes of the festivities on Tuesday. But those classes that want to go further and hear President-elect Obama give his inauguration speech will need parental permission.
School district spokeswoman Diane Tucker says a district policy requires permission slips for all movies, documentaries, TV shows and videos that are not part of regular course work for a class.
Associated Press
