The engineering department at Texas Tech University headed down to the Lubbock Fire Rescue Training Facility to gain first-hand experiences as a firefighter for their latest project. Suman Chowdhury, with the Department of Engineering at Texas Tech, says the project isn’t actually for a grade, it’s about the safety of firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler

Property owners who repeatedly violate building codes and fail to correct potentially dangerous conditions will face mandatory penalties under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The law, sponsored by Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, adds to the current penalties by imposing a minimum fine of $25 a day after 180 days of a property being in violation.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lohud - Metered Site

When a COVID-19 test returns a false-positive result — meaning a person does not have a SARS-CoV-2 infection, yet the test is positive — this disrupts that person’s life unnecessarily. However, a false negative — when someone does have an infection, but the test is negative — is more detrimental. This is because treatment is mistakenly deferred, and the individual may infect others as they continue to participate in their regular daily activities.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical News Today

A pair of fires that are believed to have been intentionally set caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to a storage facility just west of Interstate 5 near Bellingham International Airport Tuesday, Nov. 9. The Bellingham Fire Department responded to the Airport Storage facility in the 3300 block of Airport Drive at 11:48 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site

A man accused as part of a tree-poaching ring suspected of illegally harvesting maple trees in Olympic National Forest has been sentenced. The group’s activities led to a massive forest fire in 2018. Andrew Wilke, 39, was convicted in July of conspiracy, theft of public property, depredation of public property, trafficking in unlawfully harvested timber and attempting to traffic in unlawfully harvested timber.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune