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

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire that overcame a junkyard Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia continued to smolder hours after firefighters gained control of the inferno that sent thick black smoke billowing across the city. Fire crews from multiple departments responded to the construction waste recycling facility on the 3700 block of South 61st Street just before 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia

Searchers looking for Seattle Deputy Fire Chief Jay Schreckengost got a break from the weather Tuesday. While weather forecasts called for up to 6 inches of snow in the area near Cliffdell where searchers are looking for the 56-year-old hunter, there was only 2.5 inches, said Kittitas County Sheriff’s Inspector Chris Whitsett.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 6:19:27 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic