A mechanical engineer at the University of Virginia has built a semi-autonomous robot to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. According to a release, studies have found that the COVID-19 virus can be destroyed by ultraviolet light and heat while on surfaces, including countertops, chairs, walls and floors.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAV-TV CBS/FOX 19 Charlottesville

A general alarm fire reported as the worst in the history of Kingston destroyed two lumber companies, four homes, seven vehicles and injured 21 people, mostly firefighters, on Aug. 9, 1964. More than 260 firefighters from across the Wyoming Valley were called to battle the massive blaze at John and Union streets.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader

A fire that damaged the historic brick brewhouse on the Deschutes River below Tumwater Falls Saturday night appears to have been intentionally set, a city official said Sunday. There’s no power to the building, spokeswoman Ann Cook said, which rules out an electrical fire. Investigators are looking into the cause and origins of the fire, searching for chemicals used to accelerate the fire and burn patterns.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian

A family dog was exposed to smoke but rescued by first responders from a garage fire Sunday in Woodland. Clark County Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched at 7:19 p.m. to a report of a fire at 169 Marty Loop. The first crew, from the Woodland station, arrived at the house in six minutes, according to a news release from the fire agency.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2020 11:36:56 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

All hands were on deck for the 200 to 250 acre brush fire south of Rock Island Sunday evening as Chelan, Douglas and Grant County fire district crews, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service worked against extremely windy conditions. According to Douglas County Fire District 2 Captain Seth Ellis, crews were dispatched to the fire just before 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2020 10:44:04 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560