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Missing Mom: Police release case warrants

May 25th, 2013 - Seattle Times

The latest batch of documents released in the Susan Powell case show investigators seeking permission to mount wiretaps on her husband Josh Powell's phone after she vanished in December 2009.


No quick fix for downed bridge on holiday weekend

May 25th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards.


Don’t give up on lost things or people

May 25th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Faith & Values column: Don’t give up hope on lost things or lost people. The lost just might be found.


I-5 bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

The Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said.


Brewers team up on beer to help military families

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats.


Seattle No. 2 for sunscreen use--and No. 1 for wishful thinking

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

It’s your typical spring morning in Seattle.  Skies look gray.  Forecast calls for cool temperatures and periods of light rain throughout the day.  Throughout the week, in fact. You’re prepared, though. You always dress in layers.  Your outerwear has the latest water-


APNewsBreak: Co. says it has permits to cross span

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror.


Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man.


Gov. Inslee says bridge repair will cost $15M

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

The federal government promised on Friday to send $1 million to Washington state to fix the collapsed Skagit River bridge, but Gov. Jay Inslee said it will take about $15 million to repair that section of Interstate 5, the state's main north-south roadway.


2 Ore. women accused in fake check scheme

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Police in Hermiston, Ore., say two local women accused of making and passing fake payroll checks from several businesses have been arrested for investigation of forgery.


AP Newsbreak: Deal reached on Oregon wolves

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Conservation groups and cattle ranchers have agreed to a landmark settlement in a lawsuit that has kept the state of Oregon from killing wolves that prey on livestock.


Skagit bridge collapse: Times designer and his iPhone provide first images

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

By Rick Lund Seattle Times news designer It was shaping up to be another routine commute home. That is, if you can call the 56-mile-each-way commute between south Mount Vernon and Seattle I’ve been doing now for more than two decades ordinary. But as I got off the Sound Transit bus in Everett


Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees tragedy behind him

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River.


Man in 80s dies after ambulance collision

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

A driver in his 80s has died after a head-on collision with a Mason County Fire District 2 ambulance.


Berkman, Baker power Texas past Seattle 9-5

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

Lance Berkman found his home run stroke from the right side of the plate. Justin Grimm struggled early only to rebound and turn in another quality start.


Groups ask for big picture in Northwest coal-ports decision

May 24th, 2013 - Seattle Times

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is being asked to consider the cumulative, worldwide effects of opening three coal ports in the Northwest.


Gang member arrested in Yakima shooting

May 23rd, 2013 - Seattle Times

A 19-year-old gang member with a previous conviction for a drive-by shooting was arrested Wednesday in Wapato and accused of shooting at four members of a family in Yakima.


King County deputy injured in motorcycle crash dies

May 23rd, 2013 - Seattle Times

TACOMA (AP) — The King County sheriff’s office says a deputy injured in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Monday night has died. Deputy Martin Duran, 47,  died Wednesday night at Tacoma General Hospital, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Cindi West. The News Tribune says Pierce County sh


Girl wounded in Renton park shooting

May 23rd, 2013 - Seattle Times

Police are looking for two men involved in a gunfight at a Renton park that wounded a teenage girl.


$90,000 taken from Sultan VFW post account

May 23rd, 2013 - Seattle Times

A man who held the position of quartermaster with the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Sultan is accused of taking more than $90,000 from its bank accounts.


 






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