The city has adopted a $327.3 million budget, including capital expenses, for the next two years. The estimated spending from the general fund is $125.4 million. The City Council adopted the budget Nov. 28. The vote was 4-3. “The budget is a complex entity, and there are always lots of opinions on how to make it work best,” Council President M.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 2:38:32 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

Camano Island Fire and Rescue’s board of commissioners recently approved a strategic plan update that guides fire and EMS services on Camano for the next 10 years. The crux of the plan is to be “smaller and faster,” Chief Michael Schick said. Not a smaller force, but a force that’s organized to be nimble, efficient and cost-effective.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:12:28 AM - SOURCE: Stanwood/Camano News

A Henrico firefighter has been suspended without pay from work over comments he allegedly made on Facebook. NBC12 is choosing not to identify the firefighter because he has not been charged with a crime. In part, the comments posted read that a woman was "trying to find her black baby daddy...so she can get an EBT card and a check.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC12.com

A town firefighter who was also the freshman boys basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull died suddenly at home on Monday, as firefighters and medics worked to save him. Jason “Jay’’ Carrafiello, 38, “was an outstanding firefighter and was held in high regard by all of the officers and firefighters,’’ town Fire Chief Robert McGrath said.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CTPOST.com

VIDEO: Minneapolis fire crews rescued a man in his 30s after his car went careening down a 200-yard embankment along the Mississippi River. Responders say the crash happened around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday. It wasn't until about 8:15 a.m. when two Minneapolis Public Works employees spotted the car near the water.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kare11.com