Emergency

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkPart of a program to move people out of homeless encampments along major roads in Washington is facing an…

(Runtime 3:41) Joanne Schwartz and her husband John count themselves as some of the lucky ones. On August 29, the Orofino Hospital Fire scorched 53 acres,…

(Runtime 1:02)When a Tri-Cities family headed to Hawaii, they hoped it would be the vacation of a lifetime. Instead, they found more of the same…

Wildfires are always dangerous – but imagine not understanding the warnings. That’s a real challenge for communities with language barriers, and Washington emergency agencies say there is still a long way to go despite efforts to break those barriers.

A wildfire in Okanogan County, near Oroville, in Northeast Washington is active and covers a large area across the U.S/Canadian border. Evacuation levels were reduced to level 2 in Okanogan County.