A Utica city firefighter who is alleging discrimination based on his gender and religious beliefs has filed an amended civil complaint with the help of new religious-rights lawyers John Brooks, son of former Utica Fire Chief Russell Brooks, said in court papers he's been subjected to a hostile work environment, threatened with disciplinary action, harassed and ridiculed because he refuses to cut his hair.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard & Syracuse.com

Things have returned to some degree of normalcy for the Central Yavapai Fire District board now that a six-month internal conflict has come to a definitive close. On March 14, Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority (CAFMA) Chief Scott Freitag lodged a written complaint against ViciLee Jacobs, a member of the CYFD board, claiming she had made “unsubstantiated accusations” against him and his command staff, some of which he warned were potentially defamatory.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier

“If you had not been here and we hadn’t had that rain, we don’t know what would have happened to our little town,” said Pigeon Forge City Manager Earlene Teaster. She was speaking before a group of first responders from fire and rescue departments throughout Tennessee who came to Sevier County to battle the fire that swept through the area on Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News Sentinel

Spokane voters rejected a proposal that would have fined certain coal and oil trains traveling through downtown. Proposition 2 was failing with only 41 percent of votes cast in favor of the measure, which had been criticized as illegal and potentially embroiling the city in costly legal battles. The initiative began life as a proposal before the City Council last summer.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 11:20:32 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A woman in her 50's is safe after a garage fire at a home in Marysville Tuesday night. The fire broke out around 6:45 p.m. at then home in the 6800 block of 69th Place NE. When firefighters arrived the garage was fully engulfed in flames and the fire had spread to the house. The woman inside the home was able to make it out safely.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 10:30:28 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000