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"The bear got him by the neck and just started to thrash."

SOAP LAKE — Grant County Fire District 7, with a little help from its friends, extinguished a 2-acre wildfire Monday night in Soap Lake, according to a statement from the fire district. At about 10:45, GCFD 7 responded to a report of a structure fire at Division Street and SR 28, the statement said. When firefighters arrived, they found that no structures were actually burning, but a commercial building and multiple residences were threatened. Making matters worse were high winds, light fuels ...

MOSES LAKE — The wildfires in Olympic National Park grew over the weekend, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, while red flag warnings due to low humidity and relatively high winds held over much of the state...

"The bear got him by the neck and just started to thrash."

"The bear got him by the neck and just started to thrash."

"The bear got him by the neck and just started to thrash."

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Fire Department had a chance to welcome students from the Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center’s new Fire Science program recently, according to an announcement from the MLFD. Students in the program spend three class periods a day preparing for the career options of firefighting, dispatch, emergency medical services and wildland firefighting. The program also offers opportunities for scholarships, higher education and residency programs, the announcement said.

MOSES LAKE — Of the 30 fires that make up the Cowlitz Complex in Gifford Pinchot National Forest between Mount Rainier and the Columbia River, half are now out, according to the U.S. Forest Service, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The complex showed 12% containment Saturday and improved mapping has allowed authorities to decrease the acreage to about 660 acres. The U.S. Forest Service reported that 439 personnel are fighting the fire. Estimated costs had risen to a bit less ...

15 of 30 fires now reported out.

Managing wolves and caribou in and around Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is a complicated business.