A firefighter from Texas is being lauded for his heroic efforts after he helped pull a fellow passenger back inside a plane when she was sucked outside during an emergency landing Tuesday in Philadelphia. According to the Daily Mirror, Celina firefighter Andrew Needum was nearby when debris from the engine explosion on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 ripped a hole in the window where 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan was sitting.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

A man was critically injured during a fire that burned his mobile home Wednesday morning, but was alive thanks to some of his brave neighbors. Witnesses called for help as the fire broke out just before 9:30 a.m. at the Crystal Tree Village mobile home park, according to Christie Veley with Marysville Fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

This will be the scene this weekend as exhibitors begin moving in for FDIC International 2018. Still time to register for FDIC International 2018.

This will be the scene this weekend as exhibitors begin moving in for FDIC International 2018. Still time to register for FDIC International 2018.

It has rained, and rained, and rained in the South Sound, so much so, that the downpour in the Olympia area over the weekend set a record. But despite wet winter and spring seasons that have resulted in an above-average snowpack in the mountains, the state Department of Natural Resources already is planning for a dry, dangerous summer.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2018 9:18:52 PM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune - Metered Site