A group of amateur radio operators in Caribou have banded together to start Aroostook County’s first municipal-based emergency service, hoping to modernize the region’s use of technology during disasters. In a rural county where internet, cellphone and other types of communication can be spotty in good weather, storms can easily knock out those modes of communication.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Cleveland firefighters are leading a walk to Nashville starting on February 14th to raise awareness for suicide, something they say frequently impacts their work community. The walk will take place over several days, ending on February 23rd. The firefighters will be accompanied by family members, policy leaders and other community members.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga

COVID-19 cases have continued to subside throughout the United States, while deaths have also settled after increasing rapidly amid surges of infections brought on by the Omicron variant. The United States reported a daily average of 178,705 new COVID-19 cases, down 67% over 14 days, according to data gathered by The New York Times, as individual states have begun to loosen masking mandates and other restrictions to mitigate the spread of the virus and health officials have indicated the peak of Omicron infections has passed.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gephardt Daily

A scrap metal fire aboard a barge had firefighters rushing to Commencement Bay early Monday. The Tacoma Fire Department first reported the blaze at around 10:45 am., saying that it had mobilized crews and the Fireboat Defiance to contain the fire, which is burning near the 6300 block of Marine View Drive.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Puyallup Patch

A 69-year-old woman tragically passed away after a car accident along the west shore of Moses Lake on Wednesday evening. According to the Grant County’s Sheriff’s Office, the victim was driving east on Road 4 NE around 7:30 p.m. on February 9. She was traveling at high speeds in her 2018 Ford Explorer, approaching a T-shaped intersection at Edwards Drive NE.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2022 10:55:13 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews