As far as firefighters Dean McAuley and Evan Stanley are concerned, Jim Cook is a Tacoma icon. “He is Tacoma,” said Stanley, a Tacoma resident who works for the Ocean Shores Fire Department. For the past 25 years Jim Cook has waved to passersby on the Tacoma waterfront while holding a sign advertising the Lobster Shop.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 3:32:52 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

As far as firefighters Dean McAuley and Evan Stanley are concerned, Jim Cook is a Tacoma icon. “He is Tacoma,” said Stanley, a Tacoma resident who works for the Ocean Shores Fire Department. For the past 25 years Jim Cook has waved to passersby on the Tacoma waterfront while holding a sign advertising the Lobster Shop.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 3:32:52 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Crews began removing the wreckage from the Aurora Bridge Thursday evening. Police officers and other officials watched as the Duck vehicle was loaded onto a flatbed tow truck. A 17-member, interdisciplinary team from the National Transportation Safety Board, along with an NTSB board member, are due to arrive in Seattle Friday to begin their inquiry into the crash.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times

Fighting wildfires isn’t cheap, not with all the boots on the ground, the engines and dozers, the airplanes and fuel. And this year’s fire season — which is shaping up to be one of the most destructive in the modern history of the West — is also on track to be the costliest. That’s a problem, particularly for those writing checks in Washington, who are having to move millions from one part of the federal budget to another to balance the books.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Roy Salmon, 60, whom Salado Fire Chief Shane Barrier rescued from the porch of a burning home last week, was jailed Wednesday, charged with arson in connection with the blaze. Salmon, who smashed out a window and jumped from the burning two-story home to escape the flames, was unconscious from smoke inhalation when Barrier pulled him to safety on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kwtx.com