March 2021 marks one year of the COVID-19 pandemic upending our lives and the economy here in the United States. Pre-pandemic, Americans were doing well financially, with major markers like unemployment, reaching 50-year lows. Post-pandemic, however, things are looking wildly different. During the second quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, our nation’s real GDP fell by a whopping 31.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mooresville Tribune

The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt a lot of fundraising efforts, and the Oso landslide memorial is no different. The families of the victims and survivors are looking for your help to make their vision a reality. Like the visual reminder that still looms over State Route 530, the wounds from March 22, 2014 remain.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

No one was injured in a fire at a Mountlake Terrace apartment Sunday night that displaced three residents and caused more than $110,000 damage. The fire was reported at 6:20 p.m. by an alarm company receiving a system activation at the Lakeside Apartments in the 6000 block of 219th St. S.W. Firefighters responding for the fire alarm arrived to find heavy black smoke and flames inside a first-floor unit in a two-story building at the apartment complex.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 5:21:58 PM - SOURCE: MLT News

Repairs have started at Katy Fire Department’s Fire Station One after water leaked into the building causing mold and other concerns, reports Katy Times.

The construction is being paid for from the city’s recently-established Capital Improvement fund. Water leaks in the building have been an ongoing issue since the 38-year-old building was built.

According to city documents, the city had the building analyzed and brought in engineers and contractors to assess its condition. Eventually, the city decided to repair the building rather than replace it.

Work in the first phase of the repair is expected to be completed the last week of May.

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The Paris Fire Department has welcomed a 2018 demo fire truck that will save the city approximately $200,000 as opposed to ordering a new model, reports The Prairie Press.

It is replacing an engine that has been in service since 1999. The new truck carries a 1,000-gallon water tank and has 1.500-gallon per minute pump.

All three duty shifts will need to train on the vehicle so it will not be in service for another month. The local department is responsible for lining the hose compartment with hose, installing extrication tools, the Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus air bottles and assorted other items. The rest of the equipment going onto the truck is already part of the department’s inventory and will not require additional purchases.

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