Martha Bellisle, Author at Valley News

FILE - Russia's Alexander Terentev, right, and Czech Republic's Michal Novak, left, crash during a men's cross country sprint quarter final race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, Feb. 25, 2021. Olympic and World Cup race organizers are already used to needing snow-making equipment to create a ribbon of white through the forests as natural snowfall becomes less reliable. Skiers and experts say manmade snow has a higher moisture content, making it ice up quickly. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Climate change: Skiers flag the dangers of manmade snow

by Martha Bellisle Associated PressJanuary 12, 2022

A British skier crashes through wooden fencing on a downhill corner and slams into a pole, breaking his leg. An American hits an icy patch at the bottom of a hill and crashes into a fence, breaking one ski and twisting the other, also breaking his…

FILE - In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, shows a plastic handgun made on a 3D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Judge Blocks 3D-Printed Gun Plans

by Martha Bellisle Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressAugust 1, 2018

FILE - In this file photo taken April 11, 2017, a security officer stands on steps at the entrance to Western State Hospital, in Lakewood, Wash. Inspectors who visited Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital found that safety problems that thrust the facility into the national spotlight after the escape of two dangerous patients a year ago persist, including neglected patients. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Problems Remain at Troubled Wash. Psychiatric Hospital

by Martha Bellisle Associated PressApril 23, 2017

FILE - This March 12, 2013 file still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. Online abuse of Robart, who temporarily derailed President Donald Trump's travel ban, has raised safety concerns, according to experts who are worried that the president's attacks on the judiciary could make judges a more inviting target. (United States Courts via AP,File)

Trump Attacks on Judiciary Raise Safety Concerns for Judges

by Martha Bellisle Associated PressFebruary 11, 2017

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, left, is greeted by well-wishers after he spoke to reporters Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, following a hearing in federal court in Seattle. A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States after Washington state and Minnesota urged a nationwide hold on the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Travel Ban Halted Nationwide

by Martha Bellisle Associated PressFebruary 3, 2017

Rachel Marsh, 15, right, and Selena Orozco, 15, left, carry flowers as they attend a prayer service, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at the Central United Methodist Church in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The service was held in regard to Friday's fatal shooting of several people at a Macy's department store at the Cascade Mall in nearby Burlington, Wash. Both girls said they knew one of the victims of the shooting. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Mall Shooting Suspect: ‘Creepy, Rude’

by Martha Bellisle Associated Press, and Lisa Baumann Associated PressSeptember 25, 2016

This undated photo provided by the Lakewood Police Department shows Anthony Garver. Mark Alexander Adams and Garver, described as dangerous, have escaped from Western State Hospital, a psychiatric facility, in Pierce County, south of Tacoma, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. (Lakewood Police Department via AP)

Man Accused of Torture Killing Escapes

by Martha Bellisle Associated PressApril 8, 2016