Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz were walking past a campsite at the Gorge Amphitheatre when an Army soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord opened fire. The two Seattle nurses, who were engaged to be married, died. Three other people were injured. On Nov. 5, a military judge sentenced the gunman, Army Spc. James M. Kelly,…
A pregnant Alaska Airlines flight attendant is suing Stumptown Coffee Roasters after a midair coffee maker explosion left her with severe burns and permanent scarring, according to a lawsuit. The incident happened aboard an Alaska flight in April 2024, where a galley coffee maker “failed catastrophically” about 30 minutes before landing in Phoenix, according to…
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to disable a passenger jet’s engines while riding in a cockpit jump seat will avoid prison time. Joseph Emerson, 46, was sentenced in Portland federal court Monday, Nov. 17, to the 46 days he previously spent in custody, along with three years of supervised release. It followed his…
