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Federal law enforcement actions at the scene of the Bear Gulch Fire have county, state and federal officials trying to figure out how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

The City of Tacoma has a budget problem; its expenses are higher than its revenue. That means the city has a projected structural deficit of $24 million for the 2025-26 biennial budget.Staff and city council members have been working to balance that, and one thing they’re proposing cutting has a lot of community members upset.

A team of search and rescue personnel based out of the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management deployed to Hawaii Friday after President Joe Biden ordered federal aid to the state to help areas impacted by devastating wildfires.The 45-person FEMA team is made up of emergency responders and other professionals trained in search and rescue from Pierce and King counties.

Coronavirus risk and ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) are leading fire departments around the region to rediscover the enduring truth of the idiom, "Necessity is the mother of invention."

President Trump is expected to sign the measure, ending a years-long ordeal for the victims after concerns that the fund was on the verge of running out of money.