All 11 victims named in deadly Nippon Dynawave Tank rupture
LONGVIEW—One week after a massive chemical tank rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill killed 11 workers in what Governor Bob Ferguson has called the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington state history, all victims have been identified, and recovery efforts have shifted fully to investigation and long-term cleanup. The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office on […]
1 Dead, 9 unaccounted for after Nippon Dynawave Packaging tank rupture
LONGVIEW—Emergency responders planned to resume recovery operations Wednesday at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, a southwest Washington packaging plant, where a tank filled with nearly 1 million gallons of a caustic industrial chemical ruptured, killing at least one worker, injuring nine others of which eight have been taken to area hospitals, and leaving nine employees unaccounted for. […]
Longview Schools Superintendent arrested in high school sexual assault investigation
LONGVIEW — Longview police arrested Karen Cloninger, superintendent of Longview Public Schools, on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault involving students at Mark Morris High School. Superintendent Cloninger faces charges of tampering with a witness, a class C felony; failure to report, a gross misdemeanor; and obstructing a […]
