• 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…

  • Friends identify another victim in Longview chemical tank failure: 'One of the most selfless individuals you’ll ever meet'
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    Friends identify another victim in Longview chemical tank failure: ‘One of the most selfless individuals you’ll ever meet’

    May 29, 2026 - By 

    Braydon Finkas was identified as one of the original nine people missing at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company after the deadly chemical tank rupture Tuesday. LONGVIEW, Wash. — As the days go by, the names of more victims of Tuesday’s deadly chemical tank rupture continue to circulate on social media, along with more fundraisers to try and help those victims’ families in the only way many know how. One of those victims has been identified by friends as 37-year-old Braydon Finkas. Javier Sanchez was friends with Finkas, who lived in Cathlamet. On Thursday, Sanchez described Finkas as “one of the…

  • 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…

  • Seattle police seek help to identify suspect in downtown assault
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    Seattle police seek help to identify suspect in downtown assault

    May 28, 2026 - By 

    Seattle police seek public assistance in identifying a suspect in a violent assault that left a man critically injured downtown on May 4, according to police. SEATTLE — Seattle police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect connected to a violent assault earlier this month in downtown Seattle. On May 4, officers responded around 12:06 a.m. to reports of a man lying on the ground outside the Renaissance Hotel in the 500 block of Madison Street in Seattle’s Central Business District. This story continues below. Investigators said the 35-year-old victim was bent over in front…