Category: Washington state

Miscommunication Caused Washington State Train to Derail

According to the Federal Railroad Administration, a seven-car BNSF Railway train derailed in Puget Sound, Washington state, last week, spilling 3,100 gallons of diesel fuel. Two cars were flipped on the ground when the train tried to pass a swinging bridge over the Swinomish Channel on Thursday (March 16) after leaving an oil refinery in…


Biden’s Executive Order on Gun Control Makes No Difference, Say Gun Store Owners and Staff

Owners and employees at gun stores spoke with The Epoch Times about why they don’t think President Joe Biden’s recent executive order will be effective in reducing gun violence. On March 14, Biden issued the Executive Order on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer. He stated, “It is the policy of my Administration…


Washington School District to Pay $1.8 Million in Legal Fees for Public Prayer Lawsuit

High school football coach Joe Kennedy has reached a $1.8 million settlement with the Washington school district that placed him on administrative leave in 2015 for praying on the field. The Bremerton School District Board of Directors voted unanimously on March 16 in favor of the settlement to cover Kennedy’s legal expenses. His attorneys took his…


BNSF Train Derails in Washington State, Spilling Diesel Fuel

ANACORTES, Wash.—Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. There were no injuries reported. It wasn’t clear what caused either derailment. The derailment in Washington occurred on a berm along Padilla Bay, on the Swinomish tribal reservation…


Police: Stalker Kills Woman, Husband in Seattle-Area Home

REDMOND, Wash.—A longhaul truck driver from Texas who became obsessed with a software engineer in Washington state after meeting her through a social media chatroom app killed her, her husband and himself after stalking them for months, police said. Zohreh Sadeghi, 33, and her husband, Mohammad Milad Naseri, 35, were shot to death in their…


Car Thefts Nationwide Top 1 Million in 2022 at Near 15-Year High: Report

Car theft in the United States is hovering near a 15-year high, with every month last year seeing more than 75,000 vehicles stolen, according to a new report based on national crime data. The report, published Wednesday by non-profit industry group National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), suggests that the number of auto thefts nationwide surpassed…


Seattle School District May Lay Off Employees Due to Dropping Student Enrollment

Seattle’s public school district will likely lay off employees because of financial problems caused by plummeting student enrollments, officials announced this week. “This week … we’ve issued some notifications to employees about they’re being considered for ‘RIF’ and displacement so that is happening,” said Dr. Brent Jones, the superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools, at…


Avalanche in Washington’s Cascade Mountains Leaves 3 Dead, 1 Injured

Three people were killed and one person suffered injuries on Feb. 19 after an avalanche struck Washington state’s Cascade Mountains while they were attempting to reach a peak, officials have said. According to a preliminary report from the Northwest Avalanche Center, a group of six climbers were ascending the Northeast Couloir of Colchuck Peak, an 8,705-foot (2,653 meters)…


1 Missing, 2 Rescued From Crab Boat Off Washington Coast

A crew member remains missing and two others were rescued from a crab boat that sank near Willapa Bay in southwest Washington on Sunday evening, according to the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard on Twitter posted a video and said a helicopter crew from Astoria, Oregon, hoisted two people from a life raft into…


Seattle Medical Examiner Running Out of Space to Store Bodies Due to Fentanyl Overdoses: Official

The health director of the Washington county that encompasses Seattle confirmed the medical examiner’s office is struggling to store bodies due to rampant fentanyl overdoses across the city. “A key indication of just how bad things are at the end of 2022, and likely to get worse and 2023, the medical examiner’s office is now…