After a bond approval for Benton County Fire District #4, the money is making some headway for a new station. Currently a piece of property in West Richland is in escrow and the district is also waiting on a text amendment. Two acres of land near Van Giesen Street and Keene Road is expected to be sold by the Port of Kennewick.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2018 4:42:08 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Two people were injured when two semi trucks collided in Tacoma Wednesday morning. Witnesses tell troopers one truck was heading from north I-5 onto I-705 when it hopped the curb dividing the lanes and crossed over on to the ramp from SR-7 to I-705. That truck was then struck by a red semi truck heading on the SR-7 ramp.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2018 10:52:36 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two people were displaced after their residence in 100 block of Meadow Drive west of Chehalis caught fire Tuesday morning. Nobody was injured and the two occupants made it out safely, thanks to smoke alarms. According to a press release from Lewis County Fire District 6, at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, dispatch got a call from one of the house’s occupants, saying they awoke to find a bathroom ceiling fan caught fire and was spreading to the roof.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2018 9:37:33 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild recently donated Clallam County Fire District No. 3 funds to buy a software upgrade that officials say will improve the district’s quality assurance and improvement methods. At the guild’s annual Christmas appreciation luncheon on Dec. 13, Guild President Nancy McGovern presented the fire district with a $36,000 check from the guild’s thrift shop to purchase First Pass Performance Improvement Software.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2018 7:16:24 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette