In the 1950s, a group of local farmers felt nostalgic. Before World War II, they tended the land with wheat thrashers and steam engines, but as technology improved, their tools fell out of use and things started to change. Channeling their nostalgia into action, farmers pulled their old equipment out and invited the public in.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem Reporter

VIDEO: The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department (MFRD) showed off some brand new vehicles today. Four firetrucks and three ambulances joined the MFRD’s fleet along with two special additions... a hydration truck and training trailer. The hydration unit is a response to high temperatures. “It is a rehabilitation unit for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile

VIDEO: An armed robbery and standoff inside a Kitsap County home ended in a destructive house fire Sunday night. According to police, the suspect carjacked a couple before barricading himself inside the home on Harlow Road near Sunnyhill Road around 6:30 p.m. After attempting to escape, the suspect is now in police custody and the house is a complete loss as a result of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The excitement was palpable when nine new “chiefs” posed for portraits during the Chief for a Day event July 14 at Fort Walla Walla Park. Each of the young chiefs wore full uniforms representing a local emergency services agency and stood alongside the chiefs, said Walla Walla Police Department Crime Prevention Coordinator Vicki Ruley in a release.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Metered Site

Firefighters responding to a call in Finley on Sunday found two separate fires. Due to “very high” fire danger conditions, the two fires rapidly spread, combining to burn 115 acres, according to a social media post from Benton County Fire District #1. At about 10:48 p.m. firefighters arrived on scene at South Meals Road and Ayers Road in Finley to find the separate fires burning in the brush and grass.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site