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  • Inmate allegedly extorted sex offenders to run drug trafficking ring

    CENTRALIA, Wash. -- An inmate is now facing new charges after he was busted allegedly running an organized drug trafficking ring from inside prison. According to the Centralia Police Department, 30-year-old Forrest Amos would extort personal information from sex offenders in prison in order to set up false phone lines for making collect calls. He would reportedly use those calls to set up ...

  • Study You may not need to see the dentist twice a year

    suffer from gum disease , a primary cause of tooth loss. Still, researchers from the University Of Michigan Dental School say people should analyze their own risk before scheduling dental visits every six months. Researchers analyzed 16 years of insurance claims for more than 5,000 adults, comparing those who went to the dentist just once a year to those who went twice a year. The study found ...

  • Few details in Lake Stevens homicide

    was found the day before. They obtained a search warrant Monday night to gather evidence at the house in the 9200 block of 15th Street SE, Snohomish County sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Brand said. Investigators remained on scene as of 11 a.m. Tuesday. "At this point, there is no more information to release," Brand said. Police earlier said the victim is believed to be in her 20s, and died ...

  • Army Corps of Engineers wont review broad impacts of proposed coal terminals

    WASHINGTON — The U.S Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on Tuesday, June 18.The much-anticipated decision is a significant victory for the supporters of three coal terminals in Washington and Oregon — including Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point — and a ...

  • Ferndale council remains neutral on jail site

    FERNDALE - The City Council declined taking a position on whether the new Whatcom County jail should be sited on 40 acres of industrial land on LaBounty Drive. Council members on Monday, June 17, briefly discussed whether to pass a resolution for or against the jail, or ask Ferndale residents to cast a nonbinding vote on the county's lone option for a new jail site. By law, a municipality ...


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Movie Review

8MM

8MM

According to screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, the idea behind "8MM" was a single scene: a rich old man dies, and when his safe is opened, a snuff film is found among the cash and stock certificates. A simple idea, and for most of its duration, "8MM" does a good, if somewhat stomach-churning, job of exploring a logical story that might follow such a discovery. It is only in its last half-hour, wh ... ...

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  • Edmonds residents rescue woman infant from domestic assault

    EDMONDS, Wash. -- A pair of Edmonds residents came to the rescue of a woman who was being assaulted by her ex-boyfriend as she held their 15-month-old child early Tuesday morning, according to the Edmonds Police Department. The victim was driving her ex-boyfriend back to his apartment at 230th Street Southwest and 76th Avenue West sometime before 2:30 a.m. According to police, the ...

  • Bump in state revenue may avert government shutdown

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A revised revenue forecast in Olympia may help avert a government shutdown, as economists determined Tuesday that an improved housing market will provide government with $120 million more in the coming years than previously anticipated.The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council now anticipates that state government will raise about $32.66 billion in the next two-year budget ...

  • Racers compete in Soap Box Derby in Stanwood

    Isaiah "the Iceman" Samuels brakes after the finish line during the 6th Annual Stanwood Camano Soap Box Derby on Saturday next to the Stanwood Community and Senior ...

  • Tacoma zoos leopard cub now on public exhibit

    TACOMA, Wash. — A clouded leopard cub born May 1 at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma is now on public exhibit. Zookeepers named it Tien (TEE'-en), a Thai word with a connotation of strength and stability. The News Tribune reports ( http://bit.ly/11lM2KA) the cub weighed a half-pound when born and now weighs 4 pounds. The public can see it at daily 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 ...

  • Collapsed I-5 Skagit River bridge to reopen soon

    Traffic on Interstate 5 through Western Washington should be flowing smoother soon with the opening of a temporary span on the Skagit River where the bridge collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize ...

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