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Cowlitz County

Cowlitz County Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Cowlitz County, WA.

Results 1 - 20 of 183 in Cowlitz County, WA

  1. 96.4% of state drivers buckle up for safetyRead the original story

    Yesterday | Seattle Times

    ... 362 such deaths in 2008. The commission's study shows that the highest seat-belt usage in the state is in Cowlitz County, where 98.9 percent of drivers are belted. Clark County is second with 98.8 percent, and King has 98.6 percent. The lowest ...

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    Related Topix: Washington, Clark County, WA, Stevens County, WA

  2. Washington state ranks high in seat belt use nationally

    20 hrs ago | The Seattle Times

    ... compared to 362 deaths in 2008. The commission's study shows that the highest seat belt usage in the state is Cowlitz County, where 98.9 percent of drivers are belted. Clark County is second with 98.8 percent and King is 98.6 percent. The lowest ...

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  3. In brief: Snowmobile driver killed in accidentRead the original story

    Sunday Jan 3 | The Spokesman-Review

    ... the weather service said. Sara Leaming Officials: Teen burned trying to siphon gas LONGVIEW, Wash. - Cowlitz County authorities say a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a car. Fire and Rescue ...

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    Related Topix: Stevens County, WA, Colville, WA, Weather, Longview, WA

  4. Longview teen burned while siphoning gasRead the original story

    Saturday Jan 2 | Bellingham Herald

    Cowlitz County authorities say a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a car.

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    Related Topix: Longview, WA

  5. Longview teen burned siphoning gasRead the original story

    Saturday Jan 2 | The Seattle Times

    Cowlitz County authorities say a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a family member's car.

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    Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Downtown (Seattle, WA), Ravenna (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Rainier Valley (Seattle, WA)

  6. Note to self: No smoking while siphoning gasRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Jan 2 | KATU-TV Portland

    KELSO, Wash. A horrible story of New Year's Day hooliganism gone wrong comes to us out of Kelso. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office reports that around 1:30 a.m. a 17-year-old Kelso juvenile boy was hospitalized with serious burns to his chest while ...

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  7. Teenage Boy Burned While Siphoning GasRead the original story

    Saturday Jan 2 | KPTV

    Cowlitz County authorities said a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a car.

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  8. Longview teen burned siphoning gas, lighting cigaretteRead the original story

    Saturday Jan 2 | KGW-TV Portland

    Cowlitz County authorities say a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a car.

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  9. Cigarette-smoking teen burned while siphoning gas

    Saturday Jan 2 | KOMO News

    Cowlitz County authorities say a 17-year-old Longview boy was burned when he lit a cigarette while trying to siphon gas from a car.

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  10. Longview: Body of missing worker recovered from salt pileRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | Tacoma News Tribune

    ... plant. That's where emergency workers had been looking for Florek since his disappearance Friday. Deputy Cowlitz County Coroner Brett Dundas said his office, the sheriff's office and the Department of Labor and Industries are investigating the ...

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    Related Topix: Longview, WA

  11. In brief: Police say man was suicidalRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | Spokesman Review

    ... salt pile at the Equa-Chlor plant, where emergency workers had been looking for Florek since Friday. Deputy Cowlitz County Coroner Brett Dundas said his office, the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Labor and Industries are ...

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    Related Topix: Spokane Valley, WA, Spokane, WA, Fire, Longview, WA

  12. Body of missing worker foundRead the original story

    Monday Dec 28 | KNDO - Yakima

    ... plant. That's where emergency workers had been looking for Florek since his disappearance Friday. Deputy Cowlitz County Coroner Brett Dundas says his office, the sheriff's office and the Department of Labor and Industries are investigating the ...

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    Related Topix: Longview, WA

  13. Buried in a pile of salt: Longview chemical-plant worker found deadRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Dec 27 | KATU-TV Portland

    ... the area by hand. It was indeed the missing worker, and he was found dead. The worker is identified by the Cowlitz County Coroner's Office as 25-year-old Justin J. Florek, one of 65 employees at the plant. He had been an employee there for five ...

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    Related Topix: Longview, WA

  14. Worker feared missing into salt piles at Longview chemical plant

    Sunday Dec 27 | KATU-TV Portland

    ... may have fallen into a very large pile of salt and become buried," according to a press release from the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office reports. "Rescue efforts to search the salt and other areas on the plate site have not been successful." Search ...

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    Related Topix: Longview, WA

  15. Man found dead in salt pile at Longview chemical plantRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | KTVB Boise

    Rescue crews found a piece of clothing, then the body of a man who apparently disappeared into a salt storage area at the Equa-Chlor plant, according to the Cowlitz County sheriff's office.

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  16. Worker dies at Longview Equa-Chlor plantRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | KEX-AM Portland

    ... ch the pile and found a piece of clothing. They focused the search on that area and found the man's body. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's office is working with the coroner's office on the case and to determine cause of death.

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  17. Missing Longview, Wash., worker found in salt pileRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 27 | Oregonlive.com

    LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Authorities found the body of a missing worker at a Longview chemical plant worker in a large pile of salt on the company grounds, the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office reported.

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  18. Missing Longview worker might have fallen into salt pile, authorities sayRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 26 | Oregonlive.com

    A missing worker at a Longview chemical plant might have fallen into a large pile of salt and been buried, the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office reported.

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  19. South Sound: County commissioners recall bid tossed

    Tuesday Dec 22 | The Olympian

    A Cowlitz County Superior Court judge has tossed out an attempt by an Olympia man to recall the three Thurston County commissioners.

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    Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Thurston County, WA, Kelso, WA

  20. Today's Headlines: Criminals overdue on repaying debt to...

    Friday Dec 18 | OregonLive.com

    ... the 1980s and 1990s, offenses that racked up long prison terms - and big debts owed to his victims and the Cowlitz County court system. But today, court officials consider Fuson a friend, a model ex-offender, who religiously makes payments on the ...

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