VIDEO: Many in the Veteran, active-duty military, police officer, firefighter, and other first responder communities struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress. The usual treatment is a 15-minute consultation and a handful of prescriptions, but that’s not working! The suicide rate is extremely high, and for many the PTS drugs seem to do more harm than good.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSI-TV 51 San Diego

VIDEO: A fire in Hillyard sent one firefighter to the hospital Thursday evening. According to Spokane Fire Battalion Chief Jim Schaffer, the fire did significant damage to a four-plex in the 3000 block of Broad Avenue. He said the east and west side units on first-floor were heavily damaged. The west side unit only received damage to its roof through firefighting efforts.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

One person was injured in an early morning fire that severely damaged a commercial building in Olympia. Crews responded to the scene, at 221 East Bay Drive NE, at about 1:30 a.m. Friday after a police officer on patrol spotted smoke and flames coming from a business there, officials said. Video from the scene showed large flames shooting from storage bins near the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A woman's SUV caught fire on her way home in Yakima on Wednesday evening after she says she had just bought it with the money from her stimulus check. Firefighters responded to multiple calls of a car fire around 6:00 pm, according to Yakima City fire crews at the scene. The driver said she bought the older model Jeep Grand Cherokee for $1,200 the same day she received her $1,400 stimulus check.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Neighbors described the rural Kelso man accused of detonating explosives that burned down his home Wednesday during an armed standoff with a SWAT team as both a good neighbor and “the type of neighbor you don’t make eye contact with.” John Threlfall, 41, was charged Thursday with first-degree arson, discharging a weapon, two counts of second-degree assault, drive-by shooting and hit-and-run from both a standoff at his home Wednesday and road rage incident Sunday that led to the confrontation.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 5:27:39 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News