Toutle fire commissioners on Wednesday delayed taking action on signing a contract to reinstate Castle Rock ambulance service. At their regular monthly meeting, commissioners also heard from a few Toutle residents who suggested that the districts eventually merge. Earlier this week, Castle Rock fire district commissioners agreed to a contract under which Castle Rock would provide ambulance service to Toutle for $250 per call.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2015 3:35:59 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

South King Fire and Rescue officials believe a 73-year-old woman — who is well-known in Federal Way for often waving political signs in front of Winco Foods — died in a house fire Thursday afternoon. “She’s a local celebrity, if you’ve seen the lady in the wheelchair who waves signs for political campaigns,” said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2015 1:43:14 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

South King Fire and Rescue officials believe a 73-year-old woman — who is well-known in Federal Way for often waving political signs in front of Winco Foods — died in a house fire Thursday afternoon. “She’s a local celebrity, if you’ve seen the lady in the wheelchair who waves signs for political campaigns,” said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2015 1:43:14 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

In a few brutal minutes Thursday, a 26-year-old man turned Roseburg's Umpqua Community College into the site of Oregon's deadliest mass shooting -- a rampage so violent police pleaded for "as many ambulances as possible" and President Barack Obama went on national TV to argue, again, for tougher guns laws.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian

Federal authorities are investigating an anonymous report that an armed landowner confronted firefighters battling an Idaho wildfire and accused them of not properly protecting a private elk-hunting ranch. The report recently posted on the National Interagency Fire Center's website said two hotshot crews refused an order to fight the fire because of safety concerns.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report