As of 2018, a law was passed in Maine that if a working police dog is injured in the line of duty, they are able to be treated by EMS before being sent to the hospital. Maine was the first state in New England to pass this law to protect police K9s. One of Portland's K9s, and his officer partner, are now advocating for that same law in New Hampshire.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A semi-truck rolled over and caught fire on northbound I-5 in Fife Tuesday afternoon. The Washington State Dept. of Transportation (WSDOT) tweeted that the collision was reported at 2:22 p.m. on northbound I-5 at the Port of Tacoma exit. Cleanup efforts went into the evening, and at 10:43 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Firefighting foam floated on Lake Union on Wednesday morning after the Seattle Fire Department extinguished a fire at a Seattle Boat Company storage facility. But while the fire’s effects on the lake aren’t fully known, officials say the foam itself is environmentally safe and will dissolve in the water on its own.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times - Metered Site

An investigation is underway after a person was found dead inside a garage after South County Fire units put out a housefire on Wednesday. Crews responded to a house fire in the 15300 block of 25th Drive SE in Mill Creek just before 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they saw smoke and flames coming from the garage of a two-story house.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2023 9:56:54 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma

Firefighters are battling a house fire in the Spokane Valley's Northwood neighborhood. According to firefighters with the Spokane Valley Fire District 9 (SVFD9), a house located north of Millwood caught fire early Wednesday morning. Firefighters said nobody was injured and they are trying to extinguish the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2023 6:27:29 PM - SOURCE: KREM TV CBS 2 Spokane