WASHINGTON — A preliminary report released Thursday on the Montana plane crash that killed a Napa County family of five and nine others two weeks ago said the pilot twice asked air traffic controllers to divert from the flight’s original destination but gave no reason either time.

For a $4,000 investment, a new company has managed to derail Copia’s bankruptcy plan, and may soon take control of the dissolution of the failed Napa center for wine, food and the arts.

Five suspects were arrested Wednesday in a Napa drug sting, according to the Napa Special Investigations Bureau.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, introduced a measure in Congress Tuesday aimed at protecting thousands of acres of agriculture and open space.

St. Helena is reeling from the recent tragedy in which 14 people died, including the local family of Erin and Amy Jacobson, their three young children, other relatives and friends. In the wake of the plane crash, the question is: How does a small town cope with such a great loss?

A 40-year-old Napa man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of cocaine possession, according to the Napa Special Investigations Bureau.

Main Street will be closed all day Friday between Third and Fifth streets, starting before dawn and lasting until about 4 p.m. Paving in the intersection of Main and Third should be completed by noon, according to the city.

The Napa City Council on Wednesday picked Jay Golik, a local architect with deep roots in the city, to serve on the Planning Commission.

A memorial for the St. Helena family of five killed in a Butte, Mont. plane crash is set for 4 p.m. Saturday at the Pacific Union College Church in Angwin.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s Supreme Court legalized gay marriage Friday in a unanimous and emphatic decision that makes Iowa the third state — and the first in the nation’s heartland — to allow same-sex couples to wed.

LOS ANGELES — Deliberations in music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial were suspended Thursday until next week due to a juror’s illness.

A man suspected of robbing a north Napa bank branch last week is also wanted in connection with three bank robberies in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, Napa police said Thursday.

NapaValleyRegister.com publishes monthly statistics on arrests and convictions for driving under the influence — and so-called “wet reckless” convictions — in Napa County.

The party was at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville on Wednesday, when locals enjoyed an ice cream social with a few hundred of their best friends for the Vets Home’s 125th anniversary.