The US Forest Service will spend over $25 million to reduce wildfire risk across Washington State. According to the Forest Service, the Community Wildfire Defense Grants will help local and regional communities prepare for more intense future wildfire seasons. According to the US Department of Agriculture, climate change will continue to cause longer and more destructive wildfire seasons.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

VIDEO: A woman survived a 300-foot fall in the Columbia River Gorge, and the incident is renewing safety concerns for hikers in the gorge as the weather warms up. Dog Mountain, located on the north side of the Columbia River Gorge, is full of stunning views of Pacific Northwest beauty - but it is home to one of the most difficult hikes in the area.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Eight people were killed and 40 others hospitalized in a crash involving a bus carrying farm workers in Marion County Tuesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP, a 2010 International Bus carrying around 53 farm workers collided with a Ford truck. Troopers said ‘for reasons to be determined,’ the two vehicles collided in 'a sideswiped manner.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa

VIDEO: San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the country to issue a ban on firefighter clothing manufactured with so-called forever chemicals. Local lawmakers are expected to pass an ordinance on Tuesday prohibiting the use of protective equipment made with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Lawmakers are considering spending $6 million to test the use of "sprint" paramedics in three northern Minnesota counties and confront the state's worsening rural emergency response. The hope is that paramedics, roving the Iron Range and northwest lakes region in cars and trucks, could shave minutes off response times, and sort out calls that don't need fully loaded ambulances in the first place.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AOL.com