The city council is getting closer to asking voters in August to approve $26.3 million in bonds for a new headquarters fire station to be built at 528 N.E. Fourth Ave., the former site of a Bank of America branch. “We were looking for a place that could handle the call volume we get for Station 41,” Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Cliff Free reminded Camas City Council members at a meeting Monday, explaining that the new station needs to be as close as possible to the current station at 616 N.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2024 1:10:05 PM - SOURCE: The Columbian - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Crews were on the scene of a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Hagerstown Thursday night. The Hagerstown Fire Department said the fire at 673 Oak Hill Ave. started around 6:30 p.m. “The firefighters went up to the top and then the flames started shooting out so they came down as quick as they could,” neighbor Edye Brockett, said.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDVM-TV 25 Hagerstown

VIDEO: Every day, first responders put their lives on the line serving their communities, which can take a toll on their minds and also their bodies. That’s why the town of Gilbert is trying a new way to help its firefighters and police officers by installing Recharge Rooms. “Recharge is a simple 33-minute circuit that we use the synergy of togetherness or multi-modally,” said Rich Ganley, the executive of Positive Impact Alliance.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

VIDEO/PHOTOS: For the first time, photographs of the harrowing devastation caused by the landslide in Snohomish County have been unveiled. Ed Hrivnak, the co-pilot of Snohawk-10, the rescue helicopter that first arrived on the scene, shared his account of the traumatizing events of that day. "It's overwhelming," said Hrivnak.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the White House has approved the cancellation of nearly $6 billion in federal student debt for thousands of public service workers. The 78,000 eligible public service workers include teachers, nurses and firefighters, according to the White House. "These public service workers have dedicated their careers to serving their communities, but because of past administrative failures, never got the relief they were entitled to under the law," Biden said in a statement touting the move.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News