In an ideal world, the U.S. would be awash in COVID tests. Anyone exposed to COVID-19 could self-test and/or go to a lab or clinic for a test if necessary. But right now, self-tests are in short supply in many parts of the country. The Biden administration is pledging to distribute 500 million rapid tests "within weeks," White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday, but few other details have been announced.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Public Radio

Vancouver firefighters rescued a woman from a burning house early Sunday morning in central Vancouver. Seven units from the Vancouver Fire Department were dispatched at 3:53 a.m. to the 4000 block of East 18th Street after a passerby called 911 to report seeing smoke and fire coming from the front of a house, according to a department news release.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2022 9:38:46 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

A man in Roslyn was rescued after he was buried in snow from his roof and dozens of people were evacuated from an apartment building after the snow was causing parts of the building to bow. Kittitas County got several feet of snow Thursday and Friday. The Northwest Avalanche Center says a Roslyn man was rescued Friday after he was buried in a roof avalanche.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 9:27:57 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a fire damaged a home in the Illahee Shores Mobile Home Park Saturday morning. Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue firefighters were called to a home in the park at about 4:15 a.m. and found smoke and fire coming from the residence. "The sole occupant reports they woke up and saw fire near the space heater in their bedroom," agency public information officer Ileana LiMarzi wrote in a social media post.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 3:09:28 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Authorities say they have found a missing elderly man from Cosmopolis who tried to move his car away from rising floodwaters early Friday morning. The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office found the man deceased in his vehicle Saturday morning, approximately 100 yards west of his driveway. The car was underwater.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 1:50:17 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000