Wednesday a team of city, county, and state officials detailed their findings in Seattle's homeless encampment known as "The Jungle". Two people died in a shooting at makeshift encampment under I-5 and I-90 last month. Shortly thereafter, Mayor Ed Murray set up a multi-agency assessment team to take two days and get an up-close perspective on the living conditions and other possible concerns there.
- PUB DATE: 2/17/2016 7:04:54 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Wednesday a team of city, county, and state officials detailed their findings in Seattle's homeless encampment known as "The Jungle". Two people died in a shooting at makeshift encampment under I-5 and I-90 last month. Shortly thereafter, Mayor Ed Murray set up a multi-agency assessment team to take two days and get an up-close perspective on the living conditions and other possible concerns there.
- PUB DATE: 2/17/2016 7:04:54 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Two people were injured in a serious head-on crash involving an ambulance and two cars in Franklin Township Tuesday, police said.

According Franklin Township police, officers responded to South Middlebush Road and Buffa Drive following several 911 calls that came in around 3:32 p.m.

In a press release Wednesday, police said the crash occurred when a Nissan Altima driver by 76-year-old Robert Held of Monroe Township crossed over the center line on South Middlebush Road.

Authorities said according to an investigation, the car sideswiped an ABLE Medical Transport ambulance driven by 24-year-old Matthew Hall of Bloomsbury.

Held sustained "potentially life-threatening injuries" in the crash and was transported to a hospital. The driver of the Kia suffered less serious injuries and was also taken to a hospital, police said.

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The Delray Beach Fire Chief has moved firefighters out of a station for health concerns.

A department spokesman says engineers doing an air quality test found a potential issue with how two air conditioning vents are connected at Station Three on Linton Boulevard near I-95.

Some firefighters are sleeping in an RV behind the station for the time being.

The department expects more test results in seven to ten days and then it will decide how to move forward.

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A nearly $700,000 contract for architectural services for the city's new central fire station was approved Tuesday night, but one Council member questioned the action in the belief more details should have been provided.

Councilman Terry Keenan, R-1st Ward, was the lone dissenter among City Council's seven members, the rest of whom approved the contract with the Columbus firm of Mull & Weithman Architects Inc. on its first reading.

Keenan stressed he definitely supports the need for a new fire station but took issue with what he said was a lack of specifics when it came to how much of the contract's $695,000 would go to engineering and architectural firms serving as consultants for specific parts of the project.

Voters approved an $8.1 million bond issue in November for the 22,600-square-foot two-story station proposed for land near Center Ridge and Jaycox roads.

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