In brief: Multifamily home damaged by fire
A fire severely damaged an Airway Heights home Saturday evening.
Fire crews were called to 12725 W. 15th just before 7 p.m., said Airway Heights Fire Department Chief John Schoen. Flames were showing through the roof when firefighters arrived, he said. No one was injured in the blaze.
Two families live in the structure, Schoen said. He added that he received conflicting reports about whether anyone was inside the home when the fire started.
Schoen said a fire investigator would arrive on scene Saturday evening. Damage estimates were not immediately available.
The home, which was built in 1908, is owned by Leonard Higgins, according to Spokane County property records.
The Medical Lake Fire Department and Spokane County Fire District 10 assisted Airway Heights.
Washtucna, Wash.
Driver killed in rollover named
The Washington State Patrol has released the name of a driver killed Friday evening in a rollover crash near Washtucna, Wash.
Olympia resident Richard G. Martin, 56, was eastbound on state Route 26 about 8 p.m. Friday when his Ford Explorer left the road and rolled.
Martin, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash, the WSP said in a press release
MISSOULA
Krispy Kreme store closes
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts opened a franchise location on here in November 2005 and began selling its popular pastries both at the shop and through grocery and convenience stores.
Last Sunday, it quietly closed its doors, discharging about 20 employees and leaving Krispy Kreme addicts in the Missoula area with no way to get their fix.
Shawn Nelson, general manager at the Missoula franchise, said the store stayed busy. Mike Fortier, who oversees five Krispy Kreme locations as district manager for Idaho, Utah and Montana, explained that while the retail side of the business was doing quite well, the wholesale end wasn’t holding up.
DAYTON, Ore.
High school senior wants mayor’s job
Oregon could get another teen mayor.
Quilan Dutton, 18, a senior at McMinnville High School, says he wants to be the next mayor of Dayton.
Dutton ran for mayor in November, losing 303 votes to 181. But the job reopened when James Ring quit a few weeks after he was sworn in, citing personal reasons.
The City Council quickly put out a call for applicants, and it didn’t take Dutton long to declare his interest. If appointed, he said, he would arrange his post-high school education around his civic duties.
If Dutton gets the job, he would be the state’s second teen mayor. In the Eastern Oregon city of Union, Kyle Corbin, 18, was sworn in as mayor last month.
Compiled from staff
and wire reports.