VIDEO: While COVID-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been driving the bulk of the nationwide surge. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Thursday the country has "fundamentally changed the course of this pandemic" and the threat of serious disease and death now is to the unvaccinated.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Tacoma church sustained extensive damage in an overnight fire, emergency officials said. Crews responded to the scene, the New Hope Baptist Church in the 5700 blk of East Portland Avenue, at around 11:45 p.m. Thursday. The first firefighters on the scene found smoke and flames shooting from the roof of the church.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

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- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Three people were displaced from a home northwest of Maltby after a fire Thursday afternoon. A homeowner arrived at his two-story house around 2:40 p.m. in the 18600 block of 65th Ave SE and heard crackling, Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue spokesperson Heather Chadwick said. He found a fire on the back deck and tried to extinguish it, but it spread.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2021 10:25:02 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

According to a report from KRCR, construction will now commence on the Shasta County Riverside Avenue Fire Station 47 in Anderson, California, after Tuesday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony made it official.

The new station will be located west of Interstate 5 and Highway 273 near Riverside Avenue.

Shasta County Fire Department Chief Bret Gouvea said he hopes Station 47 will provide them additional capability equip them when responding to emergency calls throughout the community.

Fire Station 47 will allow immediate and quick response time to Shasta County’s estimated 30,000 residents as well as those calls to businesses in unincorporated areas.

Approximately three firefighters will be stationed there each day, with the possibility more personnel being on call there in the future.

The construction of Station 47 is estimated to be complete in one year, but completion times may vary based on the weather.