While the Sisters of Charity live inside the confines of the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor, they’re providing plenty of help for those on the outside in the fight against the coronavirus. The group, formed about 20 years ago at the Corrections Center, with many serving life sentences, make items from donated materials for about 30 different charities.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times

The Trump administration on Monday moved to block a Washington state law that imposed safety restrictions on oil shipments by rail following a string of explosive accidents. The Department of Transportation determined federal law preempts the Washington law adopted last year, which mandated crude from the oil fields of the Northern Plains have more of its volatile gases removed prior to being loaded onto rail cars.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregon Public Broadcasting

A man was seriously injured and several others are now left homeless after a two-alarm fire burned an apartment complex in Lakewood Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the Pacific Ridge Apartments on Lincoln Ave. SW around 2 a.m. and arrived to find several units burning, said Jenny Weekes with West Piece Fire & Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

There’s a new effort to help keep first responders safe and ultimately prevent the spread of the COVID-19 in Spokane. Spokane Community Connect is a city-wide database that allows residents to enter information about their households for the Spokane Fire Department. SFD chief Brian Schaeffer said it is an exceptionally important tool to have during the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2020 6:44:26 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox 28 Spokane

It's not every day that you get to light a car on fire for your job, so Cowlitz 2 firefighters were burning with enthusiasm Thursday to do just that at the agency's Vine Street headquarters in Kelso. Firefighters breached a flaming cargo container stocked with wooden pallets and doused a blazing car frame hooked up to propane tanks.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2020 6:47:24 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News