SWAINSBORO ― Russ Yeomans’ tree farm spans 2,500 acres in rural Emanuel County, and the property’s “showplace” is a lakeside outdoor party area complete with a firepit the size of an MMA octagon and ...

The coroner of Cowlitz County confirmed the cause of death of 10 of the 11 workers who perished last month in the worst industrial accident in the state’s modern history. By Anna Griffin Ten of the 11 ...

It's been two weeks since Washington's worst industrial accident in nearly a century. More than a half-million gallons of a caustic liquid known as white liquor flooded through the Nippon Dynawave ...

There is something inescapably peculiar about a “West Side Story” in which Riff cannot snap very well. The oddness of this detail encapsulates the serviceable version of this American classic now ...

The Longview paper mill disaster drew attention to the chemistry of "white liquor," the caustic mixture used to separate lignin from cellulose. Surprisingly, the sulfide chemistry that helps turn wood ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. — A chemical tank failure at a paper mill in Longview has become one of the deadliest workplace accidents in the United States in recent decades, claiming the lives of 11 workers, ...

The body of a seventh victim has been recovered from the site of a chemical tank implosion and rupture in Washington state, officials said Friday, as efforts to dilute contaminated water continue.

A ninth worker killed in a Longview paper mill implosion was recovered from the site Friday as the complicated search continued for the two remaining people presumed dead. The tank implosion at the ...

Kraft pulp mills, which have been around for decades, use highly caustic chemicals known as white liquor and high‑temperature, high-pressure industrial processes to turn wood into paper and other ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rescue crews in Longview, Wash., resumed a dangerous recovery effort after a chemical tank rupture at a paper mill ...

Crews recovered six bodies from a Longview paper mill Thursday as they continued the response to a massive chemical tank rupture earlier this week. That brings the confirmed death toll from the ...

LONGVIEW — Crews resumed the painstaking search Thursday for nine workers feared dead at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured, devastating a community where many families have ...