A portrait filled the last vacancy on the photo wall at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Wednesday, concluding the almost 16-year-long project to memorialize the hundreds killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of 2001. Antonio Dorsey Pratt's portrait, provided through Voices Center for Resilience, an organization started after 9/11 that is dedicated to remembering the victims, was hung on the wall.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

Fireworks on the Fourth of July date back all the way to the nation's founding. On July 2, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife that signing the Declaration of Independence—which would happen in two days—should be met with celebrations that included “illuminations,” the 18th-century word for “fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tulsa World

A historic building dating back to the 1890s was severely damaged by a fire in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood early Thursday morning. The fire at Wayne Apartments, located on the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue, was first reported around 4 a.m. At one point, black smoke from the fire could be seen over the Seattle skyline as crews worked to put the fire out.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A fire that broke out Monday in the long-vacant Gault Middle School building in Tacoma is suspected to have been caused by someone setting off fireworks illegally, a Tacoma Fire Department official said. The fire started on the first floor of the building, located at 1115 E. Division Lane. Firefighters responded to the incident about 12:20 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

The Spokane Valley Fire Department is preparing to significantly upgrade its alerting systems in each fire station that go off when a call has been received, replacing what in many cases is decades old technology. “We’ve got systems out there that are homemade systems that date back to the ’70s,” said Jeff Bordwell, interim deputy chief of administrative services.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2022 10:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site