An Oregon State University scientist’s study found that climate change is contributing to an escalating threat of wildfires even in the Pacific Northwest’s coolest and wettest forests. Published in JGR Biogoesciences on February 22, the research highlights the potential increases in burn probability, fire size, and number of wildfires as the climate continues to change.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDRV-TV ABC 12 Medford

PHOTOS: It was quite the half day from Friday night into Saturday Morning for the Benton County Sheriff's Office. Two rollovers in two different parts of the County with two different sets of circumstances, but sharing the same result. Friday evening deputies responded to a single vehicle rollover collision in the Prosser area.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 9:15:10 PM - SOURCE: KXRX-FM 97.1 Pasco

The former Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn had multiple buildings burn to the ground on Saturday, Feb. 24, but crews were able to save 22 cows and millions of dollars worth of surrounding homes and businesses. Rock Island Fire Department crews were called out at 5:37 p.m. to 534 34th Ave. According to Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty, crews arrived within three to four minutes of the call and found a large fire already burning on the backside of a barn along the railroad tracks.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 8 Moline

PHOTOS: One person was injured after a crash behind a Fire and EMS station in Independence on Sunday morning. The Independence Fire/EMS Department says crews responded to a motor vehicle accident behind the Fire-EMS station at 11:17 a.m. Sunday. On-duty staff reported via radio a loud explosion sound at the station and found a full-sized pickup had struck the back of the station.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAKE-TV ABC 10 Wichita

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Today marks a grim anniversary in New York City history - on Feb. 26, 1993, shortly after noon, terrorists set off a homemade bomb in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Six people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and more than 1,000 were injured in the massive explosion and smoky aftermath.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York