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Posted: Mar 30, 2021

Off-duty New Mexico firefighter comes to the rescue after a swarm of bees invade man's car

VIDEO: Imagine going to the grocery store, parking your car, getting your shopping done, checking out, loading your groceries and you’re about to drive away and then BAM… there’s a swarm of bees in your backseat. That’s what happened to a Las Cruces man this weekend. According to a post on the Las Cruces Fire Department’s Facebook page, firefighters were called out to a local Albertson’s grocery store after the man found a swarm of bees had taken up temporary residence in his backseat.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAT-TV ABC 7 Albuquerque
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Posted: Mar 30, 2021

The history of lady lookouts

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
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Posted: Mar 30, 2021

Large Study Confirms COVID Vaccines Are Working in the U.S., Reducing Risk of Infection by 90%

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
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Posted: Mar 30, 2021

Historic Ellensburg art museum damaged in early morning fire

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
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Posted: Mar 30, 2021

Pilot, passenger rescued in rural Southwest Washington after small plane crashes

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
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