Voters in the Newman Lake Fire District are again being asked to approve an increase in the amount of property taxes they pay for fire and emergency medical services. The November ballot measure comes after voters rejected two other levies in the last 15 months. Newman Lake Fire Chief Daron Bement says his department is lagging far behind in what it’s allowed to collect in property taxes.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Public Radio

A 26-year-old man from Sedro Woolley was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release after an attempted arson at Queer/Bar, a nightclub in Capitol Hill. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Kalvinn Garcia pleaded guilty to setting fire to a dumpster in the ally behind Queer/Bar on Feb.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 7:52:03 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A large cloud of smoke billowed above Mission Bay on Monday afternoon after a building caught on fire at Campland by the Bay. The two-alarm fire began in Adventure Water Sports, a recreation rental business near the beach of the campground located at 2211 Pacific Beach Drive. By 2:25 p.m., San Diego Fire-Rescue firefighters on the ground were gaining control over the flames, which had engulfed the structure.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego

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