The Philadelphia Zoo is thanking frontline workers in a big, blue way. The Philadelphia landmark recently lit up its Main Plaza with dazzling blue lights to thank healthcare workers and first responders. The new light display on the trees and front entrance buildings at 34th and Girard are illuminated with the goal of ringing in the holidays while also thanking healthcare workers and first responders during the global pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philadelphia Metro

A Yakima house is destroyed after police say it was shot at multiple times last night, and evidence of multiple incendiary devices were found inside. According to Yakima Fire, crews found a single story home ablaze at the 700 block of Cornell Avenue at about 9:30 p.m., as police were also arriving to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Brad Martin has earned the Commission on Professional Credentialing’s Chief Fire Officer designation. Martin is the chief of Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue. The designation recognizes Martin’s excellence in seven areas: experience, education, professional development, professional contributions, association membership, community involvement and technical competence.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News

The effort to rebuild Malden and Pine City began at the lone, surviving picnic table. Town hall was gone. So was the library. And post office. It took only minutes in a wind-driven inferno, 80% of the towns’ homes disappeared – reduced to scattered rubble. Town Councilman Scott Hokonson, whose home was destroyed, assumed a fleet of relief workers would flood into town.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

A fire burned a number of tents and caused propane tanks to explode on the Bellingham Library lawn on Saturday. Bellingham Police and Bellingham Fire are investigating the fire that they say was intentionally caused. All the burned tents were unoccupied at the time and no one was injured. Police say a suspect has been identified and is being sought.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2020 1:24:45 PM - SOURCE: KGMI-AM 790