A toxic solvent used as a degreaser has been found in the soil near what until recently was a dry-cleaning business in the Santiam Plaza in Sweet Home.
Toxic solvent found in SH soil SWEET HOME - Tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a solvent used as a degreaser in the dry-cleaning industry, has been found in the soil near a building slated for demolition in Sweet Home.
Oregon's high court upholds killer's death sentence SALEM - The Oregon Supreme Court upheld the death sentence Friday against a man convicted of killing two brothers with an 18-inch Japanese sword as they slept in a campsite in a Clackamas County.
Missing man had simply left for holiday WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - While Jason Carey's family searched hundreds of miles for him and prepared for the worst, he'd been staying with a friend, apparently to escape the pressures of the Christmas holiday.
Boy serious following pit bull attack VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy mauled by two pit bulls was in serious condition Friday after undergoing surgery to repair bite wounds to his neck and left arm.
Woman charged in abduction has criminal history SEATTLE - Sheila Matthews, charged in the abduction of an infant from a Chicago bus station on Christmas Eve, has taken children on at least two other occasions, the FBI said Friday.
Standoff at trailer ends when suspect is found dead OLYMPIA (AP) - A police standoff at a trailer in Olympia ended Friday afternoon when officers found a man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside.