On May 30, 1963, fire claimed one of Tacoma's oldest and grandest structures. “On some level I think everybody felt like wow this was a gut shot,” said historian Michael Sullivan. The fire broke out at the Music Box during a matinee screening of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." “There was an old bearing and a fan in an old projector room that caught fire,” said University of Washington Tacoma historian Kim Davenport.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Coeur d'Alene

VIDEO: After nearly 20 years of delays and planning, Fire Station 18 in northwest Fresno is now up and running after Wednesday’s ribbon cutting. For the past 17 years, firefighters at Fire Station 18 have been working out of a three-bedroom home but now they have one of the most advanced firehouses in the valley.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSEE-TV NBC 24 Fresno

The FDNY is proposing to raise the price of an ambulance ride by over 50 percent. The cost of a ride, that is called through 911, would go up from $900 to nearly $1,400. There would also be an increase in charges per mile to the hospital from $15 to $20. The department says the hike is needed because of inflation, as well as a pay bump for EMS workers.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

A bill to make it easier for New Mexico firefighters to legally use medical marijuana got off to a hot start Friday. House Bill 292 would narrow the definition of “safety-sensitive position” in the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, which governs the state’s medical cannabis program. As proposed, the definition would only include employees who are required to carry a firearm or operate a vehicle with a commercial driver’s license and “whose performance under the influence of drugs or alcohol would constitute an immediate or direct threat of injury or death to the person or another.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Taos News - Metered Site

VIDEO: The annual Guns ‘N Hoses event at Enterprise Center presented a huge check Wednesday from last year’s event. The event raised one million dollars for the BackStoppers this past November. “That’s two years in a row at a million dollars, and how they’ve supported us,” said Chief Ron Battelle, executive director of the BackStoppers.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis