Clallam 2 Fire Chief weighs in on new controlled burn study

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A recent study indicates that land management agencies are underutilizing prescribed burns to reduce wildfire threats in the western United States. The University of Idaho study (click here) shows that the use of prescribed burns has decreased

One dead, two injured in Mt. Rainier rock slide

MOUNT RAINIER (AP) — Officials say a climber died and two others were injured in a rock fall on Mount Rainier Wednesday. Park spokesman Kevin Bacher says a rescue team responded to six climbers caught in a

Pasco man gets 25 years in drug case

SPOKANE (AP) — A Washington state man has been sentenced for trafficking Mexican cartel methamphetamine. 33-year-old Rosalio Sanchez of Pasco was sentenced Wednesday to about 25 years in prison. Sanchez was convicted in March of conspiracy to

Detectives seek help in locating person-of-interest

BOTHELL, Wash. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a person of interest in a 1990s homicide after human remains were uncovered in the yard of a Bothell home. Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Shari Ireton says detectives

Sedro-Woolley man arrested after shooting up the town

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old Sedro-Woolley man was arrested and charged in connection with a shooting in downtown Sedro-Woolley. Colton White was charged Thursday with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count