by admin | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Stories
This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on Sun., Sept. 14, 2025. Written by Monica Carrillo-Casas MALDEN, Wash. – Todd Deckard, 62, was on the phone with his brother when he started smelling smoke. Quickly, he gathered his guns and his money box and...
by admin | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog, Stories
Five years after its power lines started a devastating fire in Malden, Avista has settled lawsuits for $27M — but fallen behind on disaster prevention. Chandelle Frick, city clerk for the town of Malden and executive director of the Pine Creek Community Long-Term...
by admin | May 30, 2025 | Blog, Stories
This article first appeared in the Spokesman Review on May 29, 2025. By Amanda Sullender amandas@spokesman.com(509) 459-5455 MALDEN, Wash. – Five years after wildfire devastated this small town, residents on Thursday celebrated the opening of a new community center....
by admin | Feb 16, 2024 | Stories
This story first appeared in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News on February 16 2024. . By Emily Pearce Daily News staff writer. Fire-ravaged town celebrates brand new municipal building, resolves to keep plugging away at its recovery MALDEN, Wash. — A tender moment was...
by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Stories
Nov 17, 2023 Washington, D.C. – Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) today introduced the Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now (MALDEN) Act to improve coordination between federal, state, and local agencies to better deploy resources to...
by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Stories
This article was originally published in Washington State Magazine, Winter 2023. Writen by by Becky Kramer. THREE YEARS AGO, a wildfire nearly destroyed Malden, Washington. As wind-driven flames raced across the parched late-summer landscape, residents got a 30-minute...
