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

Homer-Burlington Fire Department, Homer, OH, pumper. 

Firefighters across the Inland Northwest are trying to get ready for the summer of 2016 after two back to back record-breaking fire seasons. They said it is time to make important preparations, especially when it comes to their volunteer force. Fire districts across the Spokane area are putting the call out, hoping to get volunteers screened and trained in time for what could be a third severe fire season.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2016 8:34:32 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Firefighters across the Inland Northwest are trying to get ready for the summer of 2016 after two back to back record-breaking fire seasons. They said it is time to make important preparations, especially when it comes to their volunteer force. Fire districts across the Spokane area are putting the call out, hoping to get volunteers screened and trained in time for what could be a third severe fire season.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2016 8:34:32 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2