One week after the collapse of a downtown Washington apartment building, the owners of the structure are facing a predicament for another property they own.<a href="#photo1">Washington</a>’s building code official deemed the apartment complex at 350 Duncan Ave., ...
Washington firefighters will soak the dilapidated structure at 15 N. Main St., Washington, for two hours Tuesday morning so crews can begin the process of tearing it down. After workers begin the “one-brick-at-a-time” demolition process, firefighters will continue to mist the area to cut ...
It’s too soon to make any sweeping judgments about who or what is to blame in the dramatic collapse of a building that housed apartments and a barbershop on North Main Street in downtown Washington Wednesday morning.Investigators will ultimately make those determinations, and a clearer ...
Washington City Council thanked first responders Thursday who rescued a woman from a collapsed building Wednesday, and Mayor Scott Putnam said city officials have a message for landlords with substandard housing.“We can no longer permit substandard landlords to operate in our city,” said ...
The first phase of demolition on the Washington apartment building that partially collapsed Wednesday will be handled carefully and methodically, like a surgical procedure, according to Washington Mayor Scott Putnam.“There’s not going to be heavy demolition. It’s all hand work. If we used ...
Residents and businesses in the block of North Main Street that saw a building partially collapse Wednesday were picking up the pieces Thursday.Kayla Crouch had lived in her fourth-floor apartment at 15 N. Main St. with her mother, Terri Edwards, for almost a year. She never paid much attention ...
