Two young children were killed in a fire at a Lumpkin County home on Monday. The flames engulfed the home on Rider Road Spur NE, just off of Highway 9, between Dawsonville and Dahlonega. Lumpkin County officials confirmed that two children, ages 1 and 2, were taken to North Side Hospital in Cumming and Chestatee Regional Hospital Dahlonega, Ga.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Washington can continue state programs, pay employee salaries and begin some construction projects over the next 14 months under operating and capital budgets signed Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee – although they’re a bit different than the spending plans approved by the Legislature. The approved budgets have $189.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman Review

Twenty-three new firefighters will pump up volunteer rolls, but they probably will fall short of the manpower North Olympic Peninsula officials say they need. Having completed firefighter training at the Volunteer Training Academy in Carlsborg, the new recruits soon will start filling volunteer shortages in Clallam districts 2, 3 and 4, and the Port Angeles Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: peninsula daily news

Retired Providence Fire Lt. Lori Franchina was awarded more than $800,000 by a Federal jury Monday, after jurors found she endured both sexual harassment and retaliation while on the job. Jurors deliberated less than four hours before reaching their decision, which included $100,000 in punitive damages.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence

The Norwood Fire Department stunned its Town Council Monday night with firefighters announcing their resignations. Fed up with rumors and innuendos that the Norwood Town Council wanted to eliminate the town’s fire department in favor of contracting fire services with the Center Rural Volunteer Fire Department, all of the department’s officials quit, according to Mayor Beverly Johnson.
- PUB DATE: 4/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the stanly news and press