Browse past news stories for Orting High School in Orting, WA.

• Man spearheads campaign to name Orting stadium for athlete, vet (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 07:26:00 am
  Don Rakes is on a mission, 43 years in the making.
• OSU tight end Joe Halahuni ... the man-child who came out of the woods could be Beavers' next great tight end (The Oregonian)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 08:22:41 pm
  Joe Halahuni is "just a pup'' says OSU coach Mike Riley, who thinks the sophomore can be an impact player for the Beavers
• All-Star Grads: ‘An inspiration to everybody’ (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 07:22:41 am
  Financial times are tough. Recessions not only pinch pocketbooks but also dampen dreams. Today’s young people know it as well as anyone.
• Woman locks self in shed to benefit hard-luck town (Contra Costa Times)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 06:53:38 pm
  Voluntarily stuck in a portable storage shed - a donated 10x12 Tuff Shed - beneath the bell tower in downtown Orting, without heat, there in the dark Sunday, Kim Farnes asked herself what on earth she was doing.
• Doing hard time _ all for the sake of Orting (Seattle Times)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 06:32:25 pm
  Second thoughts arrived on the first night.
• Doing hard time - all for the sake of Orting (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 03:52:35 am
  Second thoughts arrived on the first night. Voluntarily stuck in a portable storage shed –
• Orting says goodbye to 5 children killed by father (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 10:47:07 pm
  ORTING, Wash. - Hundreds of mourners gathered in the school gym at Orting High School Thursday night. They came for spiritual guidance, and to give a young mother their love and support.
• Orting mourns 5 children slain in Graham (Seattle Times)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 04:57:53 am
  Around 500 people turned out for a public memorial service for the five Harrison children killed by their father in Graham last week.
• Orting says goodbye to children killed by father (KING5 Seattle)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 11:53:13 pm
  The gym at Orting High School was packed Thursday night with mourners and supporters of the Harrison family.
• Memorial service at Orting for 5 slain children (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 04:54:03 pm
  Associated Press - April 9, 2009 12:45 PM ET ORTING, Wash. (AP) - As many as 1,200 people are expected to attend the memorial service for five slain children that will be held at Orting High...
• Memorial service at Orting for 5 slain children (Seattle Times)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 12:14:53 am
  As many as 1,200 people are expected to attend the memorial service for five slain children that will be held at Orting High School at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
• Father killed kids 'because wife was leaving' (Independent)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 10:01:55 am
  A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said yesterday.
• Town mourns 5 lives cut short by shootings (Seattle Times)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 09:14:54 am
  Staff in the 2,100-student Orting School District spent Sunday trying to comprehend the news that all five children in one family were shot to death by their father. School officials said crisis counselors from surrounding districts would be available when staff and students returned from spring break today.
• Breakup ignited dad's deadly rage in Graham (Seattle Times)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 07:18:49 am
  The father's final hours and the circumstances behind the slayings of his five children are based on interviews with officials from the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, the state Department of Social and Health Services and dozens of relatives, neighbors and friends.
• Father kills 5 kids, self after learning wife was leaving him, authorities in Washington say (Chicago Tribune)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 04:03:49 am
  Man apparently shot 4 in their sleep, cops say Associated Press
• Man Killed 5 Kids Because Wife Was Leaving (CBS News)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 03:30:02 am
  A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday.