Work will affect traffic on I-90

Wed., Oct. 22, 2008

Eastbound traffic on Interstate 90 will be restricted to two lanes today as workers continue a job started Tuesday to repair a pedestrian overpass near Altamont Street. Work is expected to last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In addition, crews will be working on the westbound Lincoln Street offramp today to repair pavement. The two-lane ramp will be reduced to one lane during the work.

Carbon storage will be discussed

The storage of carbon to reduce global warming will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership next Tuesday and Wednesday in Spokane.

Experts will discuss the technology of carbon capture and storage, along with the economics and regulations.

The Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership, led by Montana State University, is one of seven regional partnerships working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon sequestration program.

The meeting is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For an agenda and to register, go to www.bigskyco2.org/Big_ Sky_Annual_Meeting.

SEATTLE

Army loses key ruling on objector

The Army can’t retry a Fort Lewis-based Iraq war objector on several key charges because it would violate 1st Lt. Ehren Watada’s constitutional protection against double jeopardy, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle of Tacoma said the government could not retry Watada on charges of missing his unit’s deployment to Iraq in June 2006 and for denouncing President Bush and the war.

To do so would violate Watada’s Fifth Amendment rights by trying him twice for the same charges, Settle held.

Watada contended the war is illegal and he would be a party to war crimes if he served in Iraq.

Charbagh, Afghanistan

Seattle-area soldier killed

The Defense Department says a 39-year-old Camano Island, Wash., soldier was killed in Afghanistan when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle.

Army Capt. Robert Lindenau died Monday in Charbagh. He was assigned to the 91st Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

Lindenau is survived by his wife, Tonya, and four children, all currently of Fort Bragg.

The Herald of Everett says the Lindenaus previously lived on Camano Island and in Everett. Born in Seattle, he joined the Army in 1996.

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