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State to lower speed along U.S. 101 work stretch in wake of fatal crash
The three vehicles involved in last Monday morning's fatal crash sit on the south side of U.S. Highway 101 near Dryke Road west of Sequim. By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily ...
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Barges coming to remove bridge wreckage from Skagit River
SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash.-- Barges are coming down the Skagit River tonight with heavy cutting and lifting equipment, including a crane, to begin removal of the collapsed I-5 bridge section south of Burlington.Atkinson Construction is the company that's been hired by the Washington Department of Transportation to remove the vehicles and wreckage in the river below. Divers will go in the river on ...
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Seattle mayoral race a contest between 3 rivals and incumbent Mike McGinn
Seattle’s mayoral race is shaping up as a four-person contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and three challengers jostling to see who will make it past the Aug. 6 ...
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Group hopes to bring law school back to Tacoma
Twenty years after Seattle University bought the South Sounds only law school, a group of business and civic leaders has a plan to bring a legal-degree program back to ...
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Parents community gather a year after girls murder in Renton
RENTON -- It's been a year since a Renton teen, Jessica Scholl, was murdered inside her own home.The crime so brutal -- her parents couldn't return. They tore down the house last October. Now, on the anniversary of their daughter's death the couple is gathered with friends and volunteers to rebuild. Many people in the community are stepping up and helping the family, through ...
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Oregon teen accused of planning to bomb school
West Albany High School student will be charged with attempted aggravated murder after the Benton County District Attorney said he planned to attack his school with bombs. Grant Acord will be charged as an adult. Attempted aggravated murder is a Measure 11 crime. Acord was taken into custody on Thursday at his Albany home after police received a tip that Acord had built a device and targeted ...
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Snoqualmie family sees black bear cubs on their fence
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. --Bear sightings are nothing new in Western Washington - but they don't usually end up in your backyard.For a family living in one Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood that's what happened on Saturday morning. They think two cubs smelled the bacon cooking for breakfast and came in close for a look crawling on a fence they share with a neighbor off Carmichael Street. "We ...
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Trainer Tom Wenzel will have top three favorites for Seattle Handicap | Emerald Downs
AUBURN — Tom Wenzel will have a lot to watch in Sunday's Seattle Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs. He trains the top three morning-line choices in the race, which drew a field of eight going 6 ½ furlongs. Goin to the Window is the 9-5 favorite, having been unbeaten in two starts last year, including a win in the Angie C stakes. Stopshoppingdebbie is the ...
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Truck load in Washington state bridge collapse believed taller than spans low point
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - The oversize load on a semi-trailer truck that struck a Washington state bridge was likely too tall for the lowest point of clearance on the structure, part of which collapsed after the collision, a federal safety official said on ...
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Port of Tacoma eyes bigger ships bigger business
When the Port of Tacoma entered the big leagues in the container shipping business in the early 1980s, the featured attractions that helped lure container shipping lines to the formerly sleepy port were the innovative terminal facilities the port built north of East 11th ...
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Police Beat Unruly houseguest offered new lodging at Remann Hall
The dispatch call came from a 19-year-old mother who lived in the 600 block of South 7th Street. She was starting to wonder about her new ...
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Police release Susan Powell case warrants
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 ...
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Officials recommend four detour routes around I-5 bridge
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.--If you are headed through Skagit County on I-5, state and local officials recommend four detours for travelers going north and south around the I-5 bridge that collapsed Thursday.The two detours for traffic headed northbound on I-5 are:Option A: Use exit 227 and follow signs east to State Route 538/East College Way, turn left onto Riverside Drive then left onto George Hopper ...
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Man arrested for allegedly robbing woman at gunpoint
EDMONDS, Wash. -- An Edmonds Police Department detective was in the right place at the right time to apprehend a 23-year-old man suspected of robbing a woman at gunpoint last week.According to police, the man robbed an Edmonds woman May 15 in the 7200 block of 213th Place Southwest, threatening to kill her if she looked at him during the ordeal.The robber ran off before officers arrived, but a ...
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Police 3 men steal babysitters pay at gunpoint
SEATTLE -- A longtime babysitter was leaving work Tuesday in Beacon Hill when she was robbed by three men with a gun, leaving her extremely shaken, according to the Seattle Police Department.According to the police report for the incident, the victim had been babysitting for a family for four years. She left work around 4 p.m. having been paid $200.While walking in the 1700 block of South Waite ...
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Short-term long-term I-5 bridge fixes in works delays could last months
Workers look up at a damaged beam on a section of bridge adjacent to a collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash.(AP Photo/Elaine ...
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Federal Way man 18 killed in crash on Hwy. 167 in Auburn
AUBURN, Wash. -- An 18-year-old Federal Way man was killed early Saturday when he lost control of his car and crashed on Highway 167, according to the Washington State Patrol.Officials said the driver, Pavlo Myronets, may have racing other cars when the crash happened just before 5 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near 277th Street. Officials said the Myronets' Scion TC hit a ...
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Robbie Rogers could make history vs. Seattle Sounders
Sounders FC's road game Sunday against the Los Angeles Galaxy could feature the debut of Robbie Rogers, the first openly gay active player in major American team ...
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West Seattle Auburn Mountainview advance to state championship game | 3A Baseball
PASCO — West Seattle senior Sam Hellinger carried a simple approach into Friday's Class 3A semifinal against Mount Si: Give his defense the opportunity to make plays behind him. But there was more weight to this game than that, and Hellinger admitted as much after West Seattle held on for a 3-1 win. West Seattle had never advanced to the final four of the state tournament before this ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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For Seattle Mariners scouts the MLB draft is the big day
After months of endless traveling around the country evaluating amateur talent, haunted by weather issues and occasionally frustrated by a coach who decides at the last minute to change his rotation, Mariners scouts get their payoff in the MLB draft that begins on June ...
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NTSB Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call
SEATTLE — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation. "This is a really significant event and we need to learn from it, not just in Washington but around the country," Debbie Hersman said after taking a boat ride on the Skagit River below the dramatic scene where a truck bumped ...
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Plan extra hour to drive around fallen I-5 bridge over Skagit River
The collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River. Traffic is being detoured to other highways over or around the river. By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP The Associated ...
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Lynnwood-area man killed by driver fleeing police
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE - A 72-year-old man from the Lynnwood area died after his car was hit Friday night by a driver fleeing from police. The accident took place shortly after 8 p.m. at the intersection of 44th Avenue W. and 212th Street SW, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said. A 42-year-old woman was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide. The woman, a convicted felon who ...
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Survivor recounts escape after Skagit River bridge collapse
As a serious hockey player with the Bellingham Blazers, 20-year-old Bryce Kenning has taken some pretty hard hits.He was prepared for more of them at a drop-in hockey game in Bellingham on Thursday night. He wasn't ready for the one he took after his orange Subaru nose-dived from a crumbling Interstate 5 bridge into the Skagit River.If a passenger side door hadn't been slightly open ...
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