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Everyone safe after bridge over Skagit River collapses
MOUNT VERNON - The four-lane I-5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m. Thursday, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. Rescue crews raced to the scene and after a frantic hour reported that there was no loss of life. Marcus Deyerin, a spokesman for the Northwest Washington Incident Management Team, said there were only two vehicles involved: ...
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I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river injuring 3
The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the ...
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Pitcher Jeremy Bonderman shelled in 11-2 Tacoma Rainiers loss
TACOMA — If pitcher Jeremy Bonderman was hoping to impress the Mariners, he didn't do it Thursday night. Bonderman allowed eight runs in five innings as visiting Nashville pounded the Tacoma Rainiers 11-2 in a Pacific Coast League game before 3,099 at Cheney Stadium. Bonderman surrendered 11 hits and saw his ERA climb to 4.68. Jesus Montero pinch hit for the Rainiers (29-19) in the ...
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US highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada collapses
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed on Thursday evening, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, the Washington State Patrol said. Authorities said there were no deaths, and three people were rescued and taken to hospitals.The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge - more than half a century old - collapsed about ...
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Skagit River Bridge Collapse Interstate 5 Span In Washington State Crumbles Into The Water
collapsed around 7 p.m. on Thursday , dumping cars and people into the water, KIRO-TV reported. According to the Trooper Mark Francis, public information officer for the Washington State ...
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Snohomish County has its share of well-worn bridges
Just this month, the county's public works department submitted its annual bridge report, grading 200 bridges in unincorporated Snohomish County. According ...
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No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse into Skagit River
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - An Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening, May 23, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital.Authorities said no one was killed and the extent of the injuries of the three people rescued from the water ...
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Bridge collapses in Washington state cars fall into river
Vehicles Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the state of Washington, sending some cars into the water. No fatalities were reported, and it was not immediately clear why the bridge collapsed. Three people were rescued from the water hospitalized, the Seattle Times reported.Rescue crews are searching for survivors in the water, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. A ...
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Washington state bridge collapse sends vehicles people into water
A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., lies in the water after collapsing May 23, 2013. (Rick Lund/The Seattle ...
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Watch Bridge Collapses in Washington State
This is a live picture from a helicopter our sister station KO MO. And Seattle Washington this is about two hours north of Seattle portion of the bridge on I five -- -- -- -- root river. Collapse ...
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Freeway bridge collapses in Washington state
Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher said. Washington State Patrol dispatcher A.J. Cooper could give no further details and said she did not know if people were in the water under the portion of Interstate 5 that collapsed over the ...
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Fairhaven Festival has food fun and its own beer garden on Ski to Sea Sunday
BELLINGHAM - Fairhaven Festival organizers are willing to cede the title of "Eighth Leg of the Race" to the beer garden near Ski to Sea's finish line at Marine Park. The festival's own beer garden, on McKenzie Avenue between 10th and 11th streets, stands on its own. The beer garden is about 35 years old, and the name Festival committee chairwoman Anna Williams prefers to give ...
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Wash. prison guard punched in face by inmate
MONROE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities say a corrections officer at the state prison in Monroe, Wash., was treated at a hospital after an inmate punched him in the face during a religious ...
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Wash. kids play with dead bats get rabies shots
The Grant County Health District says some Moses Lake, Wash., children are getting precautionary rabies shots after they were found playing with several dead ...
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Seahawks sign WR Justin Veltung a Puyallup High grad
The Seahawks signed receiver Justin Veltung as an undrafted free agent on Thursday. Veltung is a graduate of the University of Idaho and Puyallup High School. Veltung, 5 feet 10, battled injuries his last two seasons at Idaho but still finished 11th on the school's career all-purpose yardage list with 2,972 yards. Veltung participated in Seattle's rookie minicamp earlier this month ...
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Attorney These poor children suffered tremendously
SEATTLE -- A baby's mother pleaded not guilty to murder and mistreatment charges that a U.S. attorney said stemmed from what she called the worst example of child neglect she's ever seen."This was a horrific death," said U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan. "These poor children suffered tremendously."Durkan said Christina Carlson's kids were strapped into car seats and ...
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Mill Creek man sentenced to 22 years in child porn case
MILL CREEK, Wash. -- A Mill Creek man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison Thursday for producing child pornography.Phillip Steven Allen, 58, first came to the attention of law enforcement in 2010 when his email address was found in the home of an Indiana man under investigation for distributing child porn. As that investigation unfolded, police found evidence that the Indiana man ...
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United opens new Seattle United Club consolidates operations
SEATTLE, Wash. - United Airlines has opened its new United Club lounge in Concourse A at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the second club to feature the airline's new design concept. The opening coincides with the consolidation of United's terminal facilities to Concourse A, offering customers improved accessibility to gates and a wider variety of concessions. The ...
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State college students press Congress for rate stability on loans
SEATTLE (AP) - College students in Washington state say they need Congress to give them affordable student loans at a rate they can depend on, instead of a yearly debate on rising interest rates."The fact that it's so unpredictable for students and their families is pretty senseless," Evan Smith, the student body president at the University of Washington in Seattle, said ...
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Monroe prison security officer punched by inmate
MONROE, Wash. -- A corrections officer at the Monroe prison had to be taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by an inmate, officials said.The attack happened in a chapel at the minimum security area of the prison complex, said spokeswoman Susan Biller.Biller said the inmate punched the officer in the face, and the officer fell backward and hit his head. The officer was ...
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WSU squares off against golf course opponents
A lawyer representing residents near Washington State University says the state failed to consider whether the school should have relinquished a water right it uses to irrigate a golf ...
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Boy Scouts Vote To Admit Openly Gay Youths
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America has approved a plan to allow openly gay boys to join the organisation. The vote ends a policy that has been in place throughout the group's 103-year history. However the ban on gay and lesbian adult leaders remains in effect. The new policy, supported by more than 60% of the 1,400 Scout leaders who met in Grapevine, Texas for the ...
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United Airlines makes changes in Seattle
The new United Club lounge at Seattle-Tacoma is styled after the prototype that opened late last year at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. United Airlines has opened its newly remodeled United Club lounge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The revamped lounge comes as the Chicago-based carrier is completing a consolidation of its operations in Concourse A at the Seattle airport and a ...
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Nearly all U.S. states see hefty drop in teen births Nevada rate falls 30 percent
NEW YORK -- The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report. All states but West Virginia and North Dakota showed significant drops over five years. But the Mountain States of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah saw rates fall by 30 ...
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Man arrested for allegedly assaulting 5-week-old baby
EVERETT, Wash. -- An Everett man was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting his 5-week-old baby girl, leaving her in serious condition with likely brain damage and vision impairment. According to probable-cause documents, 18-year-old Tyler Washington and the baby's mother called 911 Wednesday when their daughter was acting lethargic and having trouble breathing. The baby was ...
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