VIDEO: Portland police responded to eight people who overdosed on Monday morning in the Pearl District, near the North Park Blocks. Officers said the people ingested a powder likely laced with fentanyl. The overdoses happened in the area of Northwest Couch Street and Park Avenue, among the North Park Blocks.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

VIDEO: A call to a reported house fire in Glens Falls over the weekend turned out to be something else-- just in time for the Halloween season. Check this out-- that's the home... It looks like a massive fire in the windows. But it's actually Halloween decorations-- some lights, a fan, a fog machine and a silver sheet.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRGB-TV CBS 6 Schenectady

A nationwide test of the emergency and wireless alert systems will be conducted Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET, when a message will be sent to all cellphones, TVs and radios. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a news release in August that a message that reads, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Investigators are looking into the cause of an apartment fire that left one person injured and two animals dead on Tuesday morning. The fire began around 6 a.m. in Spokane Valley on Tuesday. Firefighters say the injured person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. They are expected to be ok.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

PHOTOS: A car fire blocked lanes of southbound Interstate 405 in Renton on Tuesday. The Washington State Department of Transportation first reported there was a disabled vehicle at 9:25 a.m. The vehicle was engulfed in flames in the HOV lane near Northeast 44th Street. All traffic stopped after a truck positioned itself across the lanes when firefighters had not yet arrived.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle