And now it will be up to the voters. The City Council on Dec. 14 unanimously passed an ordinance placing plans for the Regional Fire Authority on the April ballot, combining the Renton Fire Department and King County Fire District 25 into the Renton regional Fire Authority, complete with it its own ability to control its revenue stream and, perhaps more importantly, to reduce response times across the system.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 5:00:58 AM - SOURCE: Renton Reporter

The family of a Cashmere teen who set fire to a pallet stack agreed to pay $47,600 to businesses affected by the arson. The agreement between Blue Star Growers, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the parents of Thomas Leo “Trey” Ercanbrack III resolves the case against the 18-year-old defendant, who pleaded guilty last summer to setting the fire on Blue Star’s lot in Cashmere.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 4:17:33 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

The family of a Cashmere teen who set fire to a pallet stack agreed to pay $47,600 to businesses affected by the arson. The agreement between Blue Star Growers, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the parents of Thomas Leo “Trey” Ercanbrack III resolves the case against the 18-year-old defendant, who pleaded guilty last summer to setting the fire on Blue Star’s lot in Cashmere.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 4:17:33 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

A long-abandoned house burned to the ground near Ferndale on Saturday, Dec. 26, and firefighters say the cause could be arson. The house, located at 5394 Hovander Road near Tennant Lake, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Three fire engines and one water tender were unable to save the abandoned house, said District 7 Fire Chief Gary Russell.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 3:19:27 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A long-abandoned house burned to the ground near Ferndale on Saturday, Dec. 26, and firefighters say the cause could be arson. The house, located at 5394 Hovander Road near Tennant Lake, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Three fire engines and one water tender were unable to save the abandoned house, said District 7 Fire Chief Gary Russell.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 3:19:27 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald