About a third of all fatal boat accidents nationwide have alcohol as a factor.

In Washington state, more than half of fatal boating accidents involve alcohol.

Some random fatal boating accident just isn't anything more than local news.

Sorry, I didn't know that I had to check with you first before posting anything. I just thought this was an interesting case of bad judgment.

I downvoted the article and upvoted the edit for the reason I stated.

I removed my votes

Really a fatal boat accident isn't anything more than local news.

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There is no rule that I can see about not posting "local" articles.