This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio

The Yakima Fire Department says the old swimming pool house for the old Washington pool at Martin Luther King Park caught on fire Friday morning. Firefighters say the fire broke out at the building at the corner of Race St. and S 8th St. around 4:30 a.m. Crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 7:39:18 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

The Yakima Fire Department says the old swimming pool house for the old Washington pool at Martin Luther King Park caught on fire Friday morning. Firefighters say the fire broke out at the building at the corner of Race St. and S 8th St. around 4:30 a.m. Crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 7:39:18 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

The Yakima Fire Department says the old swimming pool house for the old Washington pool at Martin Luther King Park caught on fire Friday morning. Firefighters say the fire broke out at the building at the corner of Race St. and S 8th St. around 4:30 a.m. Crews were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 7:39:18 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A man died in an early morning house fire today, Port Angeles police said. Police and fire officials are investigating the fire at 218 E. Lopez Ave., Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said. The fire began at about 5:30 a.m., he said. A man in his mid-50s to 60s was found dead inside the house, Smith said.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: peninsula daily news