Conrad Swanson

The Roza Irrigation District will stop water from flowing for at least 10 days to preserve more for later in the growing season.

More often than not, Seattle sees some sort of precipitation over the long Memorial Day weekend, and this year is no exception.

One person was killed, nine were injured and nine others remain missing after a major chemical implosion at a Longview, Washington, pulp and paper mill Tuesday morning, authorities said. The

The implosion was reported at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview. At least one person had been killed, and nine were missing.

The chemical process pulp and paper mills use to transform wood into everyday products includes a number of potentially violent points of failure, and some industry experts have been raising red flags for years.

The chemical process pulp and paper mills use to transform wood into everyday products includes a number of potentially violent points of failure, and some industry experts have been raising red flags

By LONGVIEW — Minutes before he died, Jared Ammons texted his wife from his job at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Minutes before he died, Jared Ammons texted his wife from his job at the Nippon Dy ... Your free access has ended.

“He texted me that he loves me and that I'm beautiful,” Mackenzie Ammons, 32, said in an interview with The Seattle Times on Friday, three days since a deadly chemical spill at the Longview pulp and paper mill.

LONGVIEW, Wash. — Minutes before he died, Jared Ammons texted his wife from his job at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.