PHOTOS: More than 30 Snohomish County women spent the weekend climbing ladders, handling hoses, forcing doors and learning the basics of emergency medical care during the Future Women in EMS and Fire workshop that was held at the South County Fire Training Center in Everett on June 22 and 23. More than 70 women applied for the workshop, which was being offered for the first time in Snohomish County.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 6:55:39 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Times

PHOTOS: Three homes burned down after a wind-driven fire tore through an Eastern Washington neighborhood on Sunday. According to the Orondo Fire Department (OFD), a fire was reported at 5 p.m. in the Sun Cove community in Orondo. Orondo is an unincorporated Douglas County community that sits along the Columbia River about 17 miles north of Wenatchee.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 4:50:07 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Two people were critically injured after their SUV collided with a trailer carrying barrels of oil near Giddings, authorities say. According to Texas DPS, at around 10:49 a.m. on June 23, troopers responded to a crash that happened near the intersection of US 290 and FM 180 in Lee County. DPS says a truck tractor towing a trailer carrying barrels of crude oil was attempting to enter the eastbound lane of US 290.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas

VIDEO: The Dexter Fire Department celebrated its ‘Last Station’ project with a ribbon cutting Sunday. The ‘Last Station’ is a miniature museum next to the Dexter Historical Society, dedicated to the history of the fire department. It’s the final home for the department’s historic 1929 Brockway fire engine, the turnout gear work by Dexter’s first female firefighter and a plaque dedicated to the men and women who gave their lives for the Dexter Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage

PHOTOS/AUDIO: Patrick W. Stafford has no issues with standing on the top rungs of a Casper Fire Department ladder truck a few dozen feet above the earth or on a stage behind a six-string guitar playing a country song before a huge crowd. The stage is exactly where Stafford and his band were in Kaycee, Wyoming, as they opened for Kyle Park and late country artist Chris LeDoux’s son, Ned, during Chris LeDoux Days, which was held June 14 - 15, 2024.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cowboy State Daily