Chelan Fire and Rescue crews responded to a brush fire off Shady Pass Road above 25 Mile Creek State Park Saturday a little before noon. Assistant Fire Chief Brandon Asher says it was one mile up the slope. “It was being pushed by erratic winds. They were upslope and downslope, kind of all over the place and it was somewhat difficult to access the terrain.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2020 5:38:13 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

A fire on Golf Course Road caused major damage to two rooms of a house but did not injure any of the occupants. All of the occupants — two adults and one minor, along with two dogs — were out of the house in the 1800 block of South Golf Course Road when Clallam 2 Fire Rescue firefighters arrived after being dispatched at 9:29 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 1:44:43 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site

A firefighter suffered a burned hand Thursday evening as he fought a fire in Kent that burned two structures and left a house cat dead and a family of five displaced. Crews from Puget Sound Fire were called to a house on fire in the 15000 block of SE 274th Place in Kent just after 5:45 p.m., according to department spokesperson Joe Root.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 1:58:22 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Federal authorities have proposed a $611,000 fine for a Seattle-area nursing home connected to at least 40 coronavirus deaths. State regulators and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted an inspection of the Life Care Center of Kirkland on March 16, finding serious infractions that they said placed residents in immediate danger.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 1:51:18 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

As the U.S. continues to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the New England Patriots’ airplane is being used to help aid the country in its response to the pandemic. The Patriots’ team plane departed early Wednesday morning from Shenzen, China, where the Boeing 767 had picked up 1.2 million N95 face masks to bring them back to the United States, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican - MassLive.com