One of the most important lessons we learned in Driver's Ed was: "Avoid breaking natural gas lines; it won't be pretty should you happen to crash into one." Early this morning, around 4:20 a.m., a 19-year-old female in a pick-up truck drove into such a gas line on Highway 164 by SE 380th (out by Auburn). The highway is currently closed (good morning, traffic!), and KOMO says the driver is being investigated for drunk driving.......

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is facing the largest state fine ever given to a natural gas distributor. State regulators announced the $1.25 million fine Thursday, for falsifying safety and maintenance records. The Utilities and Trade Commission (UTC), which oversees the state's natural gas distributors, found 209 violations where a PSE sub-contractor had altered or falsified maintenance records regarding "phantom leaks." "Phantom leak" is a term for a report of a gas odor that turns......

A Lakewood, Wash., 17-year-old and her infant son are lucky to be alive after a natural gas explosion blew their home off its foundation Wednesday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., Kristine Manues came home and noticed the smell of gas, so she went to a neighbor's house. Within five minutes of leaving her home, infant in her arms, an explosion rocked the neighborhood. Lakewood Police believe the explosion was no accident and arrested Manues' ex-boyfriend on......