LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others unaccounted for with no hope for rescue, authorities said. Another nine ...

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see page ...

ESCANABA — The United Association of Plumbers/Pipefitters and HVAC Techs Local 111 gathered Friday to celebrate the grand opening of its new training facility in Escanaba. The Apprenticeship Training Center is a 12,000-square-foot facility built next to the UA Local 111’s existing ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — An Iron Mountain man pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic violence and assault and battery that involved a Dickinson County District Court judge. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop a dangerous weapon-carrying with unlawful intent charge that had been the only felony ...

(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

ESCANABA — Team registrations are still being accepted for the fifth-annual Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine 730 Authority four-person, 18-hole Golf Scramble set for Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. The entry fee is $380 per four-person team. The tournament format is an ...