• What we know: Families identify some victims of Longview paper mill implosion
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    What we know: Families identify some victims of Longview paper mill implosion

    May 30, 2026 - By 

    On Thursday, officials announced that eight workers are confirmed dead and three employees are still missing. LONGVIEW, Wash. — Family members are identifying some of the employees killed in Tuesday’s tank implosion at a Longview paper mill as officials continue to investigate the deadly incident. At the Nippon Dynawave facility, an approximately 600,000 gallon chemical tank storing white liquor — a mix of sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate that is used in the papermaking process — imploded around 7:15 a.m., but officials are still working to determine why. This story continues below. On Thursday, officials…

  • 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,…

  • Longview bar to host fundraiser for victims' families after tank implosion
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    Longview bar to host fundraiser for victims’ families after tank implosion

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview is donating 20% of sales to victims’ families on Sunday, June 7. LONGVIEW, Wash. — Linsay Mayeda-Rodman greets mill workers at the Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview the way she always has, with hugs and jokes. But this week, the bar’s co-owner is grieving with them. She is also one of them. Mayeda-Rodman has been a paper mill worker for 10 years. “You go to work every day and plan to go home. You don’t think about the possibility at a paper mill… but any blue-collar job there are chances of something happening,”…

  • What we know: Families identify some victims of Longview paper mill implosion
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    What we know: Families identify some victims of Longview paper mill implosion

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    Fire officials confirmed at least two people died in the implosion and nine employees remain missing as of Wednesday, May 27. LONGVIEW, Wash. — Family members are identifying some of the employees killed in Tuesday’s tank implosion at a Longview paper mill as officials continue to investigate the deadly incident. At the Nippon Dynawave facility, an approximately 600,000 gallon chemical tank storing white liquor — a mix of sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate that is used in the papermaking process — imploded around 7:15 a.m., but officials are still working to determine why. This story…

  • Five decades later, families still fighting to add 74 sailors to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
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    Five decades later, families still fighting to add 74 sailors to Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

    May 27, 2026 - By 

    More than 50 years after the deadly USS Frank E. Evans collision, survivors and lawmakers say the sailors deserve recognition on the memorial wall. More than five decades after 74 U.S. Navy sailors were killed in one of the deadliest non-combat naval tragedies of the Vietnam War era, families, survivors and lawmakers are continuing a push to have their names added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The sailors died June 3, 1969, when the USS Frank E. Evans collided with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne during a nighttime training exercise in the South China Sea at the height of…