Fort Lewis News

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Lt. Gen. Frank Wiercinski says Hawaii is expected to keep its 22,500-active duty soldiers as the Army downsizes.

The following is from Sasha Cantrell, Michael Bradford's wife, who wanted to pass along this message.

The court-martial trial for Army Sgt. John Russell has concluded. Now a military judge will decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in Iraq.

The Daffodil Valley Volkssport Association will pay tribute to the memory of two of its longtime members, Virginia Crandall and Evelyn Eidemiller.

Celebrating The ReCyclery THE RECYCLERY, A nonprofit bike center at Blaine and Kearney streets in Port Townsend, invites the public to its birthday party - also an introduction to the Step On It! campaign - Thursday at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St., Port Townsend.

There was no sound to be heard but the wind screaming past his falling body. The only view in sight was the miles of ground stretched before him, moving closer every second.

A private first class with three tours in the Middle East, Todd Golden took off his shoes like all the other passengers entering the security checkpoint at the Boise Airport last June.