Kalama News

There are some good fishing opportunities out there, it's a question of the weather allowing people to get on the water.

But the question remains: Is the murder suspect mentally fit to face his charges in court? Butts' competency to "aid and assist" in his defense - a legal requirement for trial proceedings to continue - will be determined by a judge following continuing evaluations at the state mental hospital.

It certainly is not a surprise, but on Monday fish biologists from Washington and Oregon said the spring chinook run in the Columbia River would not reach the preseason forecast of 314,200 fish.

Longview, Wash., police have arrested a 47-year-old man who is accused of robbing a credit union in March after claiming to have a bomb in his backpack.

The mayor of a suburban Philadelphia borough has declared a state of emergency after three officers were suspended in the fallout over the alleged use of a stun gun on a handcuffed teenage suspect.

Attorneys for the parents of two Hungarian students killed when a barge slammed into a tour boat in Philadelphia nearly two years ago released a new video of the crash Tuesday, only days before a civil wrongful death lawsuit goes to federal court.