A firefighter who was badly injured in the same Blue Hills Avenue fire in which his colleague Kevin Bell was killed has returned to duty, the fire department said Tuesday. Jason Martinez, a member of the tactical unit, was back on full duty Tuesday for the first time since the deadly fire on Oct. 7, 2014.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant

For the first time in about 50 years, a Johnson brother won't be part of the Fort Gratiot Fire Department. Assistant Chief Carl "Buck" Johnson, 74, is retiring at the end of the week. His younger brother, Larry Johnson, 71, retired in June after 40 years with the department. The brothers worked together 40 years on the department, and they still josh with each other.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Port Huron Times Herald

A year after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell shifted the national approach to fighting wildfires across a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West, her strategy is turning out to be one of the most significant federal land policy changes in some 80 years, public land experts, outdoor enthusiasts and scientists say.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: idaho state journal

A woman was mowed down by her own car Wednesday morning at a Belfair gas station, the Mason County Sheriff's Office reports. Deputies and medics responded to the scene, at a Chevron station along Highway 3, at about 8 a.m. after receiving reports of a pedestrian struck by a car. A woman was found injured at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

A year after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell shifted the national approach to fighting wildfires across a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West, her strategy is turning out to be one of the most significant federal land policy changes in some 80 years, public land experts, outdoor enthusiasts and scientists say.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: idaho state journal