More than 120 current and former Conway police and firefighters will receive money payment before the end of the year after the city agreed to settle the class action lawsuit for $1.15 million. The Conway City Council voted on Monday in a special-called meeting to give Mayor Bart Castleberry the OK to request a preliminary approval in the suit that was filed against the city in 2012, a case Castleberry inherited when he was voted in as mayor in 2016.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Log Cabin Democrat

The term “rescue”, as in Clallam 2 Fire and Rescue, has just taken on a little more depth. Thirteen firefighters from the District recently completed five days of intense technical rope rescue training. Deputy Chief Jake Patterson, who just last week was chosen to take over as Chief when Sam Phillips retires at the end of June, says the forty-hour course covered life-saving techniques that are particularly relevant here on the Peninsula.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Clallam County

Petrolia (TX) Fire Department tanker. Kenworth T370 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 350-hp engine; Darley HM 500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 2,000-gallon tank.

Gordon Brooks, assistant chief of Clark County Fire District 10, has been monitoring long-term fire forecasts for nearly 31 years. A four-month projection released earlier this month was unlike any other he has seen. The projection from the National Interagency Fire Center, released April 1, revealed a higher-than-normal potential for large wildland fires in spring and early summer in Western Oregon and Washington, including Clark County.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2019 3:25:06 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

The Regional Fire Authority was just barely passing after initial vote counts Tuesday night, but there was a little breathing room after more ballots were counted Wednesday. With 11,040 votes counted, the measure was passing 5,551 to 5,475, or 50.34 percent to 49.66 percent. On election night, with 10,389 votes counted, the measure was passing 5,201 to 5,174, or 50.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2019 2:03:39 PM - SOURCE: Marysville Globe