Remington Embry, who graduated from Surry Community College’s first offering of the Firefighter Career & College Promise program, was recently hired as a full-time firefighter with Central Surry Volunteer Fire Department in Dobson. The statewide Career & College Promise (CCP) program gives juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn college credentials, tuition-free, while they are still in high school.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mount Airy News

VIDEO: Dozens of people gathered in Hastings Sunday afternoon to learn about a local Black church that was set on fire over a century ago. Nobody was ever charged in connection with the fire. The Hastings community came to First Presbyterian Church to remember history that happened blocks away. Building Remembrance for Reconciliation, nonprofit, organized the event called “Breaking the Silence: Remembering Brown’s Chapel AME.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 6 St. Paul

In late October 1947, residents of this small town on the Blue Hill Peninsula watched as ominous gray smoke rose high into the skies over Mount Desert Island. The summer had been bone dry—the state had only received about half its normal precipitation since the end of June—and a single careless spark might ignite a conflagration closer to home.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Press

Crews from Okanagan County Fire District 6 (OCFD) put out a wildland fire that threatened multiple homes on Saturday. According to a release from OCFD, a fire was reported just before 3 p.m., near Highway 153 and Benson Creek. When units arrived, they reported the fire was rapidly moving uphill. Due to wind and dry weather, the fire quickly crested the ridge and began moving towards Yellow Jacket Road, threatening 3 or 4 houses.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The recent downpour in the Pacific Northwest brought much-needed relief to the firefighters at the Nakia Creek Fire in Washington. CRESA announced Saturday morning that containment around the fire had increased by 13% to a total of 43%. “We were able to raise containment to about 43% percent -which is a great jump from 30% the day before,” said Natalie Weber from the Oregon Department of Forestry.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland