The Pleasant Valley Fire District, with mutual aid from other area departments and community members, loaded 600 live Christmas trees onto two FedEx trailers for the annual “Trees for Troops” drive on Saturday, November 27. The trailers were loaded at Hahn Farm on Salt Point Turnpike. The nationwide movement began in 2005 when the National Christmas Tree Association formed the non-profit Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to unite local tree growers who were running small tree programs for troops.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mid Hudson News

The Seguin Police Department threw down a challenge to the Seguin Fire Department, along with its razors, to help raise money for a local teen and awareness about the cancer he is battling. The pair of city departments are in the midst of the No Shave November “Stache-Off.” The firefighters and police officers are tasked with growing out their best mustache, or beard, to raise money for Navarro High School senior Triston Brashears, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer last month.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette

Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations. Its emergence has already led to travel restrictions, high-level government meetings and promises by vaccine makers to start working on strain-specific vaccines just in case.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

Even in black and white, the smoke billowing on Historic Everett’s 2022 calendar cover nearly evokes the heat and smell of the scene. Historic Everett, a group dedicated to building and artifact preservation, has made the annual publication for 17 years. Over the issues, architects, churches, homes and trains have been featured.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Net - Metered Site

PHOTOS: A man was seriously injured Friday afternoon after a truck hit a house in Seattle, the Seattle Fire Department said. Crews responded around 1:30 p.m. for a report of a recycling or garbage truck into a house near the 4100 block of Cascadia Avenue. One patient from the truck was injured. Seattle medics took an adult man with serious injuries to a local hospital.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle