The Kittitas County Fire Chiefs Association has raised their concerns about existing road variance procedures within Kittitas County’s government. According to a letter obtained by a Daily Record public records request sent April 13 to Kittitas County’s Dan Carlson, the director of Community Development Services and the Variance Committee from the Kittitas County Fire Chiefs Association President Brandon Schmidt, the fire chiefs are seeing variances granted “strictly for aesthetic or economic reasons with no consideration as to mitigation of risk.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Record

VIDEOS: A dust storm in central Illinois led to a pile-up crash of more than 70 cars that killed six people and injured more than 30 others Monday. Crushed vehicles lined the expressway south of Springfield, closing a nearly 20-mile stretch of I-55. Authorities continued to work to clear that stretch of the expressway, which they said was back open to traffic shortly after 6 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: Manchester Fire Department paramedics and EMTs can now fill in as substitute school nurses, via a partnership with the Manchester School District. The agreement aims to alleviate shortages being experienced in the district. Superintendent of Schools Jennifer Gillis explained in a press release that filling all nursing positions continues to be a challenge, so the district has had to fill these gaps from outside staffing companies.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester

VIDEO: Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed legislation that allows Arizona's 911 dispatchers to receive free trauma therapy. Police officers and firefighters already qualify for a program that funds therapy sessions for public safety workers who undergo traumatic experiences while on the job. State law allows an officer or firefighter to get 12 free counseling sessions if they witnessed a person's death, was subjected to deadly force, or were involved in a case where children were victimized.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

A 74-year-old man was hospitalized Monday after an RV exploded in a mobile home park, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue. The man was taken to Peace Health St. John Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. Firefighters responded to the explosion at Brook Hollow Park, around Kingfisher Lane and Sparrow Loop, at 8:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland