The Walla Walla Emergency Management Department has added a feature to their emergency notifications system that allows residents to receive text alerts when something is urgent. The notifications include alerts, advisories, and community messages. Walla Walla County citizens can text their zip code to “888777” to receive real-time alerts and advisories directly from emergency management and local agencies.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 5:42:03 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A man accused of starting a fire to a Centralia home while a person was inside reportedly told his mother he had set the house on fire, but denied wrongdoing to authorities. Julian B. McIntosh, 26, of White City, Oregon, was charged with first-degree arson Tuesday in Lewis County Superior Court. McIntosh has a White City, Oregon address listed as his permanent address but said in court he lives in Centralia on the property where the fire occurred.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 10:46:40 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

VIDEO: Emergency crews pulled a man who was trapped in a deep trench on the Northwest Side after about two hours of effort on Tuesday. The man, a construction worker, fell into the trench while his crew was excavating near Galm Road and Swayback Ranch. He was waist-deep in dirt, officials said after the dramatic rescue.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Buffalo Fire Officials say first responders were blocked while responding to an emergency early Sunday morning on Laurel. “We couldn’t pass through that intersection to get to the scene,” said Buffalo Fire Commissioner Bill Renaldo. Firefighters were responding to a call for a car into a house further down on Laurel.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

VIDEO: A special mural in honor of a volunteer for the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation is finally finished. It's for Patty Vallance who recently passed away. Vallance commissioned local artists, Wagon Burner Arts, to paint a mural honoring firefighters just one week before she went into the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLD-TV CBS 13 Tucson