Category Archives: Cops and courts

Top Mountain News Stories of 2011

Posted on December 28, 2011 by brucesmith49

~ 1.  The Mountain News-WA launches on February 7, 2011 After months of planning and preparations, the Mountain News-WA flickered into life upon our computer screens with our first posting on February 7.  Eleven months later we’ve reached 100,000-plus hits and posted 230 … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper: update on Marla Cooper – examining her credibility and ethical implications to her family if her story is true

Posted on December 12, 2011 by brucesmith49

~ By Bruce A. Smith  It’s been almost two weeks since Marla Cooper made her remarkable announcement on November 30, 2011 that Curtis Eng, the FBI’s case agent in the DB Cooper skyjacking, had told her he was “convinced” that … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper – Marla Cooper says FBI case agent “convinced” her uncle is skyjacker; claims FBI will close case shortly

Posted on December 2, 2011 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  In earth-shaking developments, Marla Cooper, the young woman from Oklahoma who has claimed her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper was the infamous skyjacker DB Cooper, announced Thursday evening that the FBI’s Cooper case agent, Curtis Eng, had … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops and courts, Culture, DB Cooper | 34 Comments

First nation-wide emergency broadcast test is scheduled for Wednesday, 11 am, Pacific Time

Posted on November 8, 2011 by brucesmith49

  Tomorrow, Wednesday, the entire country will experience the first test of the new national Emergency Alert System (EAS), the Washington State Patrol has announced this week.

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The Men of Honor of Unity House – Chapter One

Posted on October 28, 2011 by brucesmith49

Editor’s Note:  The following story is an excerpt from the novel, The Men of Honor of Unity House, and is based upon my experiences working with foster kids.  Day One, 9:58 a.m.  First came The Flash, a luminous glow so … Continue reading →

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Brandon is looking for his mom and brother

Posted on October 28, 2011 by brucesmith49

  For the past eight years I have received a phone call every month or so from Brandon.  The calls come in “collect” via the auspices of an organization called Zeroplus Dialing, Inc., and they are timed at ten minutes … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper case heats up again with controversy over parachutes

Posted on October 25, 2011 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith  The investigation of DB Cooper, the famed skyjacker who disappeared into the night skies of November 24, 1971 by parachuting from his Northwest Orient flight with two-hundred grand strapped to his body, has a new mystery – … Continue reading →

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Paula Morris’ Column: Occupy Puyallup

Posted on October 20, 2011 by brucesmith49

October 20, 2011 By:  Paula Morris  The group “Occupy Together” http://www.occupytogether.org, in support of “Occupy Wall Street,” has now occupied Puyallup. 

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Tacoma “occupied” as hundreds protest corporate greed, unemployment and poverty

Posted on October 16, 2011 by brucesmith49

  Tacoma joined the ranks of cities nationwide – and globally – to witness a home-grown protest movement that included downtown street marches and an overnight encampment in a city park.

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Former NTCC church worker convicted on child rape charges

Posted on October 12, 2011 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith  Michael Fontenot, a former lay minister of the New Testament Christian Church in Graham, and also a part-time choir leader and the former publisher of the church’s pamphlet, The Trumpet, has been convicted on child rape … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops and courts, Culture, Graham News, NTCC, Spirituality | 53 Comments