All The News That's Fit To Post

-A fire west of I-5 on East Newton Street was extinguished so recently that if you rubber-neck on your way home you may see firefighters and reporters sifting through the rubble. There is already an insane quote from a resident, though: "Now I'm going through exactly what all my friends in Louisiana are going through." Oh yeah, it's exactly the same.

-Vulcan announced something that may actually be pretty cool for once. They're putting up a building of loft style residences at Denny and Westlake.

-Ok, so there has been precious little Olympic glory for area athletes so far, but at least one area dog-handler is enjoying a tiny spot of national attention. Anders Thoreson of Snohomish and his little dog Topper won the Westminster Kennel Club junior-handler championship for youths 18 and under. Congrats Anders and dog.

-Once again Alaska Airlines had problems performing under pressure, or, in this case, a lack thereof. Five passengers were hospitalized after an Alaska Airlines 737 depressurized en route to Denver yesterday.