VIDEO/PHOTOS: Two people are dead after a shooting near Kent’s Panther Lake neighborhood on Tuesday night. Officers were called to the area along SE 210th Pl around 10:20 p.m. after receiving reports of a possible drive-by shooting outside a home.

Kent police did not provide any information at the scene, but an officer at an unrelated fatal stabbing outside the Meeker Street Bar & Grill confirmed that two people had died in the shooting. The stabbing and the shooting scene are about 6 miles apart and are not related.

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Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits.

The station in Pinnacle, northwest of Winston‑Salem near Pilot Mountain, is one of 392 rural fire departments across the state whose wells were tested for PFAS in a recent study.

Since the revelation in 2016 that PFAS, or per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were being released into the Cape Fear River by the Fayetteville-based Chemours, awareness of the chemicals has risen across the state.

PFAS have come to be known as “forever chemicals” since they resist breaking down in the environment. They also have been linked to multiple health risks.

The study was conducted by the North Carolina Collaboratory, a research group formed in 2016 by the General Assembly. The collaboratory harnesses the expertise of university researchers to address state and local government issues.

Jeff Warren, executive director of the collaboratory, which is based at UNC Chapel Hill, said researchers initially focused on collecting and destroying containers of PFAS‑laden firefighting foam under a legislature‑funded Aqueous Film‑Forming Foam Take‑Back Program.

Building on that work, collaboratory researchers decided to test wells at rural fire departments and later shared a list of stations with elevated PFAS readings with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.

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A fire in Benton City spread from leaf burning and destroyed a carport with vehicles underneath, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). Upon arrival, BCSO noticed a large black smoke cloud. At the home, the homeowner had his dog in hand while another man was trying to hook a vehicle to a boat parked next to the carport. Deputies directed both men to move toward Pendleton Road and away from the fire and smoke, the incident summary said.

Before fire crews arrived, the structure was fully involved and was considered a total loss. After a short investigation, deputies determined the grass fire caused the structure fire. They reported the flames burned from the burn pile to the fence line west of the property, where leaves along the fence helped the fire spread toward the carport.

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According to Spokane Fire Department (SFD) PIO Justin De Ruyter, crews responded to a duplex fire on North Lacey Street around 4:40 p.m. and advised people to avoid the intersection of Lacey and Sanson. SFD reported no one was inside the duplex and no injuries were reported. Firefighters were working to put out the fire after getting it under control.

The department said the front porch was fully engulfed and that most of the fire was there. It also extended into the structure and slightly into the attic. Crews made holes in the roof to help put out the fire. SFD is still investigating the cause of this fire.

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Albuquerque Fire Rescue has purchased two new utility terrain vehicles and a Type 3 engine.

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