Although the season for backyard barbeques and sunscreen has come to an end in the Great Northwest, you may want to consider throwing out any Banana Boat spray-on sunscreen products left over from the season. The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen recalled 23 spray-on products saying there was a risk…
An Oregon lawyer Thursday will post a searchable database of 1,250 Boy Scout volunteers from across the country accused of sexual abuse between 1965 and 1985. For more than 80 years, the Boy Scouts of America has maintained a confidential list of “Ineligible Volunteers” – adults tossed from Scouting because…
Michael Saffioti turned himself in after a warrant was issued due to him having missed a court date. However, after one night in jail, he was dead. Saffioti knew dairy could kill him. He grew up reading labels and carrying medication, and still suffered severe reactions whenever he was merely…
A tugboat crew safely escaped their vessel after it hit a rock on Norton Sound and began taking on water Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley says watchstanders received a report at about 1:20 p.m. that the 70-foot tug Captain…
A Clark County Public Health spokesman says the number of salmonella cases linked to a Vancouver, Wash., restaurant continues to climb. The number of people sickened after eating at On the Border has now reached 13 confirmed and 33 probable cases. Most of the ill are adults. Three people have…
Federal officials say Washington health facilities didn’t get the spinal injection products that have sickened and killed patients in other states, but state officials say some facilities do have other injectable products from the same company. The products found in Washington hospitals and clinics are included in a second, expanded…
A three-alarm fire in Laurelhurst destroyed one home, damaged five others and injured three people Monday afternoon, after a furnace exploded in a house under construction. Investigators have determined that the fire started after paint fumes ignited when a furnace was turned on. The house under construction, which belonged to…
According to reports, Donald Hatch, a 76-year-old retiree from Edmonds, was killed Friday afternoon when a yacht collided with his small fishing boat off Seattle’s Shilshole Bay in clear weather. Hatch was fishing with John Johnson of Mount Lake Terrance. Hatch and Johnson had taken Hatch’s skiff about a mile…
Four years after a previous salmonella outbreak tied to peanut butter, it’s happened again, despite stricter industry standards. A recent recall of Trader Joe’s peanut butter has been expanded to more than 100 products sold nationally in many other supermarkets. The Food and Drug Administration announced that it found salmonella…
The Coast Guard began searching for a missing person approximately 30 miles west of La Push, Wash., Friday. The missing person was one of four crewmembers on board the 40-foot fishing vessel Maverick, which was involved in a collision with the 90-foot fishing vessel Viking Storm. The Maverick sank as…