The U.S. Forest Service’s contracted fleet of aging air tankers continues to fly — and crash – fighting fires in hazardous terrain. Six people died in air tanker crashes during firefighting missions this year, and at least 22 have perished in the past decade, according to an investigation by Murrow News Service students for NBCNews.com. Read more here.
Latest News from our Olympia Bureau
- Legislators head home, regroup
(April 30, 2013, The Columbian)
- Late-session bills on wolves, marijuana, and social media pass
(April 29, 2013, TVW)
- Final outcome of the transportation budget delayed until May 13 special session
(April 28, 2013, The Columbian)
- Senate prepares to launch health care exchange website
(April 25, 2013, TVW)
- Fate of Columbia River Crossing funding uncertain in divided Washington Legislature
(April 10, 2013, The Oregonian)
Latest News from our Pullman Bureau
- Facebook managing editor announces departure (PBS MediaShift)
- Joey Cawyer’s last wish (Spokesman-Review)
- Rodarte’s title brings attention to gang violence (Spokesman-Review)
- Sequestration threatens university research funding (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)
- Malden man faces murder trial (Spokesman-Review)
- On campus, police lock guns in safe (KREM.com)
- Body cameras aid police in Pullman (Spokesman-Review)
- Bill would protect “Good Samaritans” (Daily Evergreen)
- Drugs a big factor in region’s car thefts (Spokesman-Review)
- Despite warnings, aging firefighting aircraft still flying — and crashing (NBCNews.com)
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