Susie Marie started a lemonade stand when she was 4 years old to buy candy for herself. However, a little friendly prompting from her family easily persuaded her to donate the money to the Cosmopolis Fire Department. She proudly handed over her earnings: $13. Last year, that little lemonade stand brought in just under $3,500 — which was, as in each previous year, donated to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 3:49:56 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World

Firefighters made short work of a fast-moving grass fire near Omak Tuesday evening. The fire, which was burning on a hillside south of the old Omak Wood Products mill, was contained by 6 p.m., said Okanogan County Emergency Manager Maurice Goodall. “We had good response. They had three drops from aircraft, which was probably a big help,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 3:21:09 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

The Woodland-area fire district levy passed, and voters in the district sent incumbent Jim Kellar and Dean Boon on to square off in the November general election. The levy, which District 1 officials said is needed to replace aging equipment, got 64 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary election.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 2:12:23 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

When the ATF held a press conference in West, Texas more than a year ago to announce a big finding in the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion, there was a lot riding on it. Hundreds of lawsuits had been filed against the fertilizer manufacturer. Much further reaching, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was working on a rewrite of one of two major sets of federal rules governing chemical plant safety.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

People tell their doctors about family history of cancer, heart disease and other common conditions that have a genetic link. But when Dr. Matilde Castiel, Worcester’s commissioner of health and human services, asked seven city firefighters attending a training on opioid addiction Tuesday whether any of their relatives had an addiction, none raised his hand.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette