Port Chester’s elected officials might not have thought that a plan to eliminate eight professional firefighter jobs would mean contending with one of most powerful firefighter unions in the country, let alone the state of New York. But that is exactly what is happening. A bit of Yonkers-style hardball is coming to Port Chester.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)

A 29-year-old Beaverton man was rescued after he fell about 20-25 feet from a cliff while hiking in Skamania County Wednesday evening. Jared West was hiking with his brother and a friend east of Washougal in an area known as the Ozone Wall, near State Route 14. The group had researched a climbing route but realized they were in the wrong area and the climb was more technical than they anticipated, according to Sheriff Dave Brown of the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kgw

A 29-year-old Beaverton man was rescued after he fell about 20-25 feet from a cliff while hiking in Skamania County Wednesday evening. Jared West was hiking with his brother and a friend east of Washougal in an area known as the Ozone Wall, near State Route 14. The group had researched a climbing route but realized they were in the wrong area and the climb was more technical than they anticipated, according to Sheriff Dave Brown of the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kgw

Engine 31 is in service with the Albin (WY) Fire Department. The pumper-tanker was manufactured by Rosenbauer on a Freightliner four-door cab and chassis. 

A brush fire in Webber Canyon started at around 10:30 this morning according to Benton County Fire District #2 Captain Jeff Ripley. It quickly spread and other fire crews were brought in for backup, usually Benton County Fire District 2 and 5 would be the ones to respond but because of the scale of the fire and the rapid growth others came in.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2016 8:04:09 PM - SOURCE: kndu