The city has settled, for $250,000, a firefighter’s lawsuit that alleged discrimination and a hostile work environment. The City Council approved the agreement and release of all claims at its Monday meeting. “It is time to put this lawsuit behind us so it is no longer a distraction,” Mayor Scott Korthuis said.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 9:01:13 PM - SOURCE: Lyndentribune

It's a big week for local firefighters. Many of them are out training at their practice center fighting fire with fire. "We could be called at any moment in time to do what we're doing here today," said Michael Hodo, a local firefighter. Firefighters from six different agencies in our counties came together to train.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 4:41:56 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

Early Wednesday morning firefighters responded to a fire in the 5000 block of N. Lee St. in northeast Spokane. Firefighters tell us they responded to a fire at the same home the day before, Tuesday afternoon. The cause of that fire was determined to be electrical but it’s not certain what caused the home to reignite.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 6:41:54 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

A Bellingham woman cleaning a marijuana pipe Tuesday set off a two-alarm fire that left her with minor burns, gutted her boyfriend’s apartment, and caused $100,000 in damage, according to the Bellingham Fire Department. On Tuesday morning the woman was using a torch to clean a cannabis pipe in a bedroom of Apt.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 3:05:36 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune