A man out hiking spent nearly 24 hours stranded at Racehorse Falls northeast of Deming after getting trapped between the upper and lower falls until Whatcom County Fire District 14 got him out with a technical rescue. “He wasn’t hurt or anything — just a little exposure and dehydration,” District 14 chief Jerry Debruin told The Bellingham Herald.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2019 1:43:21 AM - SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald - Metered Site

Several Vashon residents have created a committee and a petition to ban personal fireworks on the island. The members include Ron Smothermon, Yvonne Kuperburg, Nicole Thomas Douthit, Diana Louise and Angie Meier. “I think we’re close to 700 signatures between the online petition and the paper petitions.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2019 1:42:51 AM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

VIDEO: In an effort to reduce a strain on San Diego’s 911 response system, the city’s mayor announced the resurrection of a decade-old program to help its top abusers -- some who call hundreds of times a year. “Every day, San Diego’s emergency 911 response system receives thousands of calls day and night for help from residents and visitors alike.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego

New Jersey paramedics may now offer another medication to overdosed patients revived with naloxone, but some are taking a wait-and-see approach. N.J. Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal authorized the state's 1,900 paramedics to carry buprenorphine, an oral medication used to treat the acute symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Courier-Post - Metered Site