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Monte alum killed in logging accident

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:39am

A 28-year-old Montesano High grad was killed Monday in a tragic logging accident just west of Cougar.

Kyle Schlesser of Rochester was apparently killed instantly when he was struck by a tree...

Potential rescue drug for depression takes a step forward

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:39am

For years, physicians have been inching their way to a better understanding of how — and how well — the drug ketamine, a “twilight drug” used to sedate some patients before a painful procedure,...

<p>Brad Loper | Dallas Morning News</p><p>Volunteers head in with rakes to help residents in Moore, Okla., sort through the rubble for personal items on Wednesday.</p>

Oklahoma begins long road to recovery

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:39am

MOORE, Okla. — Residents on Wednesday attempted to return to lives wrecked two days ago by a major tornado, as search and rescue operations began slowly to turn into the first steps to a long...

City drops funding for Rain or Shine festival

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

Reacting to budget limitations and declining attendance, City Council voted Wednesday night not to fund the decades old Rain or Shine Jazz Festival in favor of adding money to the Independence Day...

Immigration cases make up 40 percent of federal prosecutions, study says

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

LOS ANGELES — Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40 percent of cases compared with 22 percent for drug crimes, according to...

Spokane man indicted in ricin threat

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

A 38-year-old janitor was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with mailing two ricin-laced letters in Spokane.

Matthew R. Buquet is accused on one count of mailing...

<p>Brad Loper | Dallas Morning News</p><p>A school zone sign mangled in the debris across from Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Okla., on Wednesday.</p>

Hearts open for young victims of Oklahoma tornado

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

MOORE, Okla. — With this storm, it’s the kids who keep coming to mind.

Third-graders, fifth-graders, the young boys and girls who were trapped and even died in the twisted mountain of metal...

Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

LOS ANGELES — A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study...

Deaths 5/23

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:38am

Frank Hart

Frank Hart, a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, died at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. He was 90.

He was a 1940 graduate of...

World Gone By 5/23

Updated: May 23, 2013 10:30am

75 years ago, May 23, 1938

• Organization of the Order of Better Americans, a group pledged to combat fascism, communism, naziism and all other unamerican tendencies that may arise of Grays...