• Community rallies around families impacted by deadly Longview mill disaster: 'Everyone has come together'
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    Community rallies around families impacted by deadly Longview mill disaster: ‘Everyone has come together’

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    From farmer’s market stands, restaurants and coffee shops, Southwest Washington businesses are stepping up for impacted families. LONGVIEW, Wash. — The deadly mill implosion in Longview is sending shockwaves throughout Southwest Washington. On Thursday, the community was just beginning to grasp the full scope of the tragedy. Some people KGW crews talked with said some families were notified Thursday morning that their loved ones were killed in the blast. This story continues below. “I cried; my husband has worked there for 10 years… so he knew a lot of the guys that were involved and the families,…

  • EPA monitoring water quality, flushing contaminated water from Longview ditch system after deadly implosion
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    EPA monitoring water quality, flushing contaminated water from Longview ditch system after deadly implosion

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    Following a deadly implosion at Nippon Dynawave paper mill, emergency crews work to flush corrosive water from Longview. LONGVIEW, Wash. — Emergency crews are continuing to work Thursday to flush contaminated water through Longview’s ditch system following the deadly implosion at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill. Officials said water affected by the release of corrosive white liquor is being moved away from residential areas and the city’s drinking water supply before being diluted and discharged into the Columbia River. The operation is being overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Washington Department of Ecology. …

  • Video shows devastation, crushed cars after deadly chemical tank implosion at Washington paper mill
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    Video shows devastation, crushed cars after deadly chemical tank implosion at Washington paper mill

    May 28, 2026 - By 

    New video shows the sheer amount of devastation after a tank holding corrosive white liquor imploded at a paper mill in Longview, Washington. WASHINGTON — New video is showing the aftermath of a deadly implosion at a Washington state paper mill that is presumed to have killed 11 people and injured another eight. Crews resumed the search Wednesday for nine workers at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, although authorities have already said there is no hope of finding survivors. If the 11 deaths are confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the U.S. in…

  • US military posts video of deadly strike against suspected drug boat in the Pacific
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    US military posts video of deadly strike against suspected drug boat in the Pacific

    May 28, 2026 - By 

    The Pentagon inspector general’s office said the review was “self-initiated.” It will not probe the legality of the strikes. WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Wednesday struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in an unspecified part of the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men. U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. The last few seconds of the video show smoke and fire rising from the boat. A day earlier, U.S. forces had launched a strike on an alleged drug vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing…

  • Officials flushing contaminated water from Longview ditch system after deadly implosion
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    Officials flushing contaminated water from Longview ditch system after deadly implosion

    May 28, 2026 - By 

    Following the deadly implosion at Nippon Dynawave, emergency crews are working to manage contaminated water. LONGVIEW, Wash. — Emergency crews are working to flush contaminated water through Longview’s ditch system following the deadly implosion at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill that killed two people and left nine others still missing. Officials said water affected by the release of corrosive white liquor is being moved away from residential areas and the city’s drinking water supply before being diluted and discharged into the Columbia River. The operation is being overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington Department of Ecology.…