In a year when so many of us have struggled with feeling isolated in our homes or apartments, living alone in a 14-by-14-foot cabin perched thousands of feet above the wilderness might not sound enticing. For more than a century, though, across the United States, a few intrepid Americans have sought out those remote towers as not just a job, but a lifestyle.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine

Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines are "highly effective" at reducing the risk of infection from COVID-19, according to the first large study of how Americans who have received a vaccine have fared in the U.S. outside of a clinical trial. In a Centers for Disease Control study of just under 4,000 heath care workers, police, firefighters and other essential workers who received one of the two mRNA vaccines between Dec.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: People

Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue is investigating what sparked a fire inside the historic Clymer Museum of Art on Monday morning. Crews dispatched to the museum at around 2:20 a.m. after several automated fire alarm systems went off. When firefighters first entered the building they found smoke coming from the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO: A pilot and passenger aboard a single-engine plane that crashed in rural Southwest Washington Monday afternoon were rescued hours later at night. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) said the two people, whose identities were not released, were able to walk to a rescue helicopter.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Hall County Fire services welcomed another nine fire trucks after nine vehicles arrived in February, reports Gainesville Times.

The fleet maintenance vendor is in the process of evaluating eight older vehicles that are being replaced.

Work has not yet begun on a new fire station. In March 2020, the Hall County Board of Commissioners approved the use of eminent domain to acquire property, but COVID-19 has slowed down capital projects. But another fire station’s construction is underway.

The current fire station was built almost 40 years ago and presents difficulties for firefighters trying to exit the station amid heavy traffic.

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