The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Friday it has partnered with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to complete a 40-acre fuels reduction project on the Colville Indian Agency Campus in Nespelem. Home to the Colville Tribal Government Center and other Tribal facilities, the campus was subject to a Level 2 “Be Ready” evacuation notice when the Kaiser Canyon fire burned within a mile of the Colville campus in July 2025.

“The Colville Tribes appreciates the partnership with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, which utilized state funding appropriated as a result of House Bill 1168 to help us reduce the risk of wildfires to our community and tribal facilities,” said Jarred-Michael Erickson, Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. “The Colville Tribes devotes significant resources to forest management and fire prevention, but with limited funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, we don’t have the resources to complete critical projects like this. This joint fuels reduction project by the Colville Tribes and the DNR will help keep our Tribal government complex and Nespelem community safer.

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The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department responded to the first brush fire of “sustaining significance” of the year on Sunday. An ember from a burn pile left smoldering in the morning by Cloud Cap Lane off of Squilchuck Road was blown by high winds, according to Chief Brian Brett. The National Weather Service recorded gusts of wind Sunday morning, with gusts up to 30 mph through 8 a.m. in Wenatchee. The resulting 5-acre brush fire happened around 6 a.m. and “significantly damaged” several vehicles, according to Brett. Crews had mopped the fire around 10 a.m. No structures were threatened.

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PHOTOS/VIDEOS: A massive house fire destroyed a large home in a Ringgold neighborhood Tuesday morning.

Viewers have shared photos of the major flames that drivers could see from Interstate 75.

Neighbors tell us the home was under construction, and no one was inside when the fire broke out.

The fire happened at a home on a cul de sac on The Pointe Drive in Ringgold in the early morning hours.

Several area fire agencies were on the scene working to put out hot spots as of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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A person was treated at the scene after an intentionally set fire outside an apartment in Tacoma early Sunday. Tacoma Fire Department crews responded to calls for an apartment fire at 1:12 a.m. at 1200 S. 11th St., according to Tacoma Fire. Firefighters found a large garbage pile burning outside the front door of an apartment. The fire burned the exterior of the building and smoke filled the unit, Tacoma Fire said. Crews pulled one resident out of the building and treated the person at the scene.

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A passenger vehicle struck a Rutherford County (TN) Sheriff's Office SUV, which pushed it into a Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department apparatus. First responders were at the scene of an earlier crash where a tractor-trailer overturned.

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