Malden, Pine City still asking for federal aid after devastating fires
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers wrote a letter to recently-inaugurated President Joe Biden asking him to approve a major disaster declaration, which would provide relief for towns in Whitman County that experienced three major fires beginning Sept. 7. The three fires — Babb Road Fire, Manning Fire and the Colfax fire — destroyed over 80 percent of Malden and over 50 percent of buildings in Pine City, according to an Evergreen article. “My team and I have sought relief for these communities, but individuals, families and businesses are still waiting,” McMorris Rodgers wrote in the Jan....
Source: dailyevergreen.com