METALINE FALLS – A 43-year-old man was killed Thursday in a rock fall while working underground in a lead-and-zinc mine, a mine spokesman said.
Phillip Markhart of Red Lodge, Mont., was killed while doing underground development work in the Pend Oreille Mine north of Metaline Falls, spokesman David W. Godlewski said.
The mine was shut down after the accident and federal and state agencies were notified, mine general manager Mark Brown said in a news release.
The underground mine about 10 miles south of the Canadian border reopened in January 2004 after being closed since 1977.
Kent: Man charged in Denny’s shootingKent: Man charged in Denny’s shooting
KENT – A man accused of opening fire in a Denny’s restaurant in the south Seattle suburb of Kent has been charged with five counts of first-degree assault.
Frank Lee Evans, 23, of Kent, walked into the restaurant early Sunday morning, and after flashing gang signs and threatening diners, approached a group of people he mistakenly thought had argued with him earlier outside a nightclub, according to charging papers filed in King County Superior Court.
He began throwing their food on the floor and, when one of the men stood up to him, Evans punched him, leading to a fist fight that knocked Evans to the floor, a deputy prosecutor alleged Wednesday. Evans fled to the parking lot and then quickly returned and began firing a handgun, according to charging papers.
Five people were injured. The most seriously injured victim, a man, has improved to serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a nursing supervisor said Thursday.
Evans was held at the King County Regional Justice Center, with bail set on $1 million.
Seattle: Zebra dies at Woodland Park Zoo
SEATTLE – A zebra has died at the Woodland Park Zoo of a broken neck.
The animal ran into a fence in a holding area Wednesday and died on impact, the zoo said.
The 4-year-old female was one of two zebras that arrived in Seattle in November from the Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The Seattle zoo is in the process of expanding its zebra and giraffe herds for summer display.
Associated Press
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