PHOTO: Kids look up to Smokey Bear and his important fire-prevention messaging. Now they’ll also get the chance to look up – way up – at Smokey’s familiar face and trademark hat Aug. 19-21 during the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba. The New Mexico-based hot air balloon made in Smokey Bear’s image will ascend on a tether several times near the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Pocket Park during the fair.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUC-TV NBC/FOX 6 Marquette

PHOTOS: The original Bellport Fire House was built in 1893 on South Country Road. In 1937, it was moved to the rear lot facing Woodruff Street to make way for the new updated building. By 1975, when it was time to expand, the building was either to be demolished or moved. Luckily, for the history buffs, the fire department was able to have it moved to a leveled lot in the historic district of the village on Bell Street, the former site of a historical barn, which had been moved to the Bellport Brookhaven Historical Society property just across the way.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Long Island Advance

More than 98% of US residents now live in an area where there is a "high" or "substantial" risk of COVID-19 community transmission, up from 19% of residents only a month ago. This sharp turn has been driven in large part by the highly infectious Delta variant and low vaccination rates in many regions.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

A large brush fire in South Hill is contained after crews from multiple departments responded to the area Wednesday afternoon. The fire was in the area of 160th Street East and 74th Avenue East. A Level 1 evacuation order was lifted around 4:30 p.m. Two sections of road remained closed overnight so power and fire crews can continue working.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A large brushfire burned along southbound I-5 near NE 130th St in North Seattle Wednesday afternoon. Crews with the Seattle Fire Department say they have the fire under control and are working on putting out hotspots. Several lanes of traffic were blocked while crews worked to extinguish the flames.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle