Washington suffered its worst wildfire season in state history in 2015. Raging fires burned more than one million acres of public and private lands. After two straight years of record-breaking wildfires, vast areas of the state face a much greater risk of flash flooding, debris flow and mudslides. But a team effort by all levels of government aims to reduce those threats to public safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2016 1:01:46 PM - SOURCE: The Goldendale Sentinel

A man has been charged in a shootout with Fort Worth police that left his fugitive father dead and an officer critically injured. Police said Wednesday that 20-year-old Ed McIver Jr. is charged with attempted capital murder, evading arrest and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Officer Matt Pearce, a former Pullman firefighter and Washington State University graduate, remains in critical condition Wednesday following surgery.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2016 10:39:59 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A man has been charged in a shootout with Fort Worth police that left his fugitive father dead and an officer critically injured. Police said Wednesday that 20-year-old Ed McIver Jr. is charged with attempted capital murder, evading arrest and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Officer Matt Pearce, a former Pullman firefighter and Washington State University graduate, remains in critical condition Wednesday following surgery.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2016 10:39:59 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

One man was killed overnight when a suspected drunk driver crashed at high speed into his car and an ambulance just outside Swedish Medical Center, police and fire officials said. None of the five people in the ambulance was hurt. The causing driver sustained minor injuries and was placed under arrest, police said.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2016 7:39:25 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

One man was killed overnight when a suspected drunk driver crashed at high speed into his car and an ambulance just outside Swedish Medical Center, police and fire officials said. None of the five people in the ambulance was hurt. The causing driver sustained minor injuries and was placed under arrest, police said.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2016 7:39:25 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000