In brief: Possible NHL owner buying Seattle sites
SEATTLE – Companies affiliated with a man who’s interested in bringing an NHL team to Seattle have spent $281 million on buildings in the city’s Stadium District.
KING-TV reported that property records show Hudson and First King LLC bought one building last summer, and Hudson Merrill LLC bought one in February.
The companies list the same address as Victor Coleman’s Los Angeles-based Hudson Pacific Properties.
The station reported Coleman has already spent more on real estate in the neighborhood than investor Chris Hansen, who would like to build an NBA and NHL arena there.
Coleman and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman were part of a delegation that flew to Seattle May 6 to meet with King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to discuss the possibility of bringing professional hockey to Seattle.
Teen shot in neck; witnesses reluctant
MARYSVILLE, Wash. – Police said a 17-year-old Marysville boy’s life is in danger after he was shot in the neck, and their investigation has been hindered by witnesses “who have not been entirely cooperative.”
The boy’s friends rushed him to Providence Regional Medical Center after the shooting at an apartment in east Marysville, and he has since been flown to Harborview Medical Center.
Police were informed of the shooting by the boy’s relatives just after 1 a.m. Sunday, and they say the delay in reporting has also delayed their investigation.
Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said detectives are sorting through a lot of rumors about what happened. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Motorcycle crash kills one, injures one
GREAT FALLS – The Montana Highway Patrol said a 47-year-old Great Falls woman was killed in a motorcycle crash outside of the city.
The woman’s 22-year-old passenger was seriously injured in Saturday’s crash and taken to a hospital.
The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office had not named either woman as of Sunday morning.
The Great Falls Tribune reported the driver missed a curve and left the roadway.
Highway patrol officials said both women were thrown from the motorcycle. Neither was wearing a helmet.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Teacher leaves hospitals $1 million
SNOHOMISH, Wash. – A retired Snohomish High School teacher has left nearly $1 million to be split among four hospitals.
Friends told the Daily Herald newspaper of Everett that 84-year-old Carrol Walker wanted to find a worthy cause to leave his money to. He first thought he’d leave it to Seattle Children’s Hospital, then added Valley General Hospital in Monroe after his father was hospitalized there. Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett made the list after Walker had heart surgery there.
The last one included in Walker’s will is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Walker, who was a single, taught physics, trigonometry and algebra over his 32-year career. Friends say he had money from a family inheritance.