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Last updated May 9, 2008 5:12 p.m. PT
Search resumes for 3 Yakama tribesmen on Columbia
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Local and federal agencies are resuming the search for three missing tribal fishermen missing since their boat capsized in the Columbia River this week. The search had been suspended on Thursday due to bad weather.
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement is coordinating the search, which involves four agencies, including the Coast Guard.
An official with the agency, Charles Hudson, says 40 searchers are looking for Yakama Nation members Gailen Espirito, James Peter, Jr. and Rommel Strom. Hudson says the men are in their 20s and 30s.
The men left Tuesday night and were expected back Wednesday morning, but never returned. Searchers found their vessel near Stevenson, in Skamania County.
The search area covers a 20 mile stretch of the mile-wide river from the Bonneville Dam to the east.
Hudson asked anyone on the river to look for any sign of the men.
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