Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks in favor of reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 2024. The legislation, which will benefit people sickened by radiation exposure in uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, was included in the budget bill President Trump signed on July 4, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call …
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Tanker Truck Spill into Indian Creek
Status updates Saturday, July 19, 2025 — 9:30 a.m. As of 5 a.m., the overturned tanker truck has been successfully lifted and removed from Indian Creek and Highway 101 is now open. Crews are continuing to confirm the total volume of fuel released into the water. Preliminary estimates indicate 3,000 gallons of a mixture of gasoline and diesel, with the …
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CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — A tanker truck is leaking petroleum after it went off Highway 101 and into Indian Creek, west of Port Angeles, Friday morning. The crash was reported by the Washington State Department of Transportation shortly before 11 a.m. At first, only the westbound lanes were closed, and traffic was alternating. But at 12:37 p.m., both directions of …
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