Cash-strapped and empty hotels across the country are finding ways to keep the lights on by converting themselves into coronavirus wards or temporary housing for the National Guard or exhausted doctors and nurses. It provides some much needed revenue for an industry that’s been brought to its knees by the COVID-19 outbreak that’s spread to more than 1.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage populations around the world, with more than 1.3 million cases confirmed, millions more people are self-quarantining at home in a global effort to check the virus' spread. And still, a rare breed of people selflessly go about their daily lives, offering aid to those infected and helping maintain a sense of order while the rest of us shelter in place.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET

A man woke up to thick smoke inside his home but managed to escape without injury on Tuesday evening. Public Information Officer, Ben Shearer, said the fire started around 8 PM at a home near 43rd Way and Sylvester. Pasco Police arrived on scene first and found a home halfway consumed by flames. When firefighters arrived on scene they immediately began an exterior attack.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco

An overnight fire has damaged a Denny's restaurant in Tacoma. The fire broke out just before midnight Tuesday night in the 5900 block of 6th Avenue, according to Tacoma Fire officials. Flames were visible shooting from the roof when firefighters got to the scene. It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control to where crews were just dousing hot spots, fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Highland and other firefighters spent nearly three hours Tuesday containing a wildfire sparked by an agricultural burn. Fire crews were called at 12:12 p.m. for the fire at 1541 Pioneer Way that spread into brush, said Highland Fire Department Chief Rick Woodall. The fire burned two acres and threatened two buildings.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2020 6:38:35 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic