KOMO - News - Local http://www.komonews.com/news/local RSS Feed for KOMO - News - Local & Regional en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:15:00 GMT Weather Service says tornado hit Oregon coast http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69492552.html <p>Authorities are saying that a tornado whipped through the coastal town of Lincoln City Friday night around 9 p.m. The severe weather tore roofs off vacation cottages and shattered a window on at least one parked car.</p> Candy buyback saves teeth, cheers up troops http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69491917.html A local orthodontist is buying up hundreds of pounds of leftover Halloween candy from kids to save their teeth from decay - and then sending it to troops overseas to help boost morale. Hundreds flock to Seattle atheists' convention http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69490967.html Hundreds of people are gathering in Seattle this weekend to hear a strong message about faith - but no one in the audience believes in God. The convention is sponsored by a national group of more than 16,000 people who say faith in God is waste of time. Ore. police dog bites wrong man, intruder flees http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69487497.html A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood. Heavy snow in Cascades shuts down highways http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69487182.html The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down three highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm. Puyallup man charged with workers comp fraud http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69486832.html A Puyallup man who climbed Mount Rainier last year has pleaded not guilty to charges he took $366,000 from the state in fraudulent workers' compensation claims. Oregon family searches for answers in son’s murder http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69482877.html <p>A family is trying to figure out who murdered their son thousands of miles from home in a sprawling seaport town in Ecuador. His father calls it a &quot;calculated, cold-blooded killing.&quot;&nbsp;</p> Police: Suspect in officer's shooting had bomb-making arsenal http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69476452.html The suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle police officer was "a lone domestic terrorist" whose apartment was a virtual arsenal of bomb-making material and may have been planning to escalate his activities, according to police. <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69476452.html"> Watch video of the SPD press conference &raquo; </a> Intoxicated wrong-way driver triggers I-5 crash http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69465777.html A motorist who started driving the wrong way up Interstate 5 after slamming into a jersey barrier early Saturday collided with another vehicle, injuring herself and the other driver. Fort Hood victim was heart attack survivor http://www.komonews.com/news/local/69464787.html A Spokane native who was shot to death by a gunman Thursday at Fort Hood had just survived a heart attack only two weeks before, family members said. Michael Grant Cahill, a 62-year-old physician assistant, had just returned to work a week ago.