More than a year after a Houston firefighter died of cancer, her husband is fighting for benefits he says his wife earned. It appeared he even had the fire chief on his side. It's just the latest case of Houston heroes having a tough time fighting the city's workers' compensation system. ABC13 has reported on police officers struggling with the system.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

On Sunday, the Corinth Fire Department reunited a lost prosthetic leg with its owner. The original call came in Thursday from Saratoga County Dispatch -- a male amputee had lost his prosthetic leg -- valued at $127,000 -- off the back of his jetski in the Hudson River. "He said when he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident it truly affected him, but after he so called lost his leg for a second time, it almost affected him more.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRGB-TV CBS 6

Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the Pawnee Fire in Lake County, which has grown to 13,000 acres. So far, it is 25 percent contained. At least 22 structures have been destroyed and 600 remain threatened, and there's a mandatory evacuation order for the Spring Valley community. There was a break for firefighters on Tuesday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the Pawnee Fire in Lake County, which has grown to 13,000 acres. So far, it is 25 percent contained. At least 22 structures have been destroyed and 600 remain threatened, and there's a mandatory evacuation order for the Spring Valley community. There was a break for firefighters on Tuesday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

Snohomish County voters will be asked in November to consider a 1/10th of 1 percent sales tax increase to replace Snohomish County’s failing, 20-year old emergency 911 radio system. The Snohomish County Council voted unanimously last week to place the measure on the ballot. If approved, the sales tax would raise the money needed –estimated at $70 million to $75 million — to replace the current outdated system now used by the Snohomish County Emergency Radio System (SERS).
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2018 10:54:12 PM - SOURCE: MLTnews.com