by admin | Feb 2, 2021 | Stories
This article first appeared in The Fig Tree. Written by By Erin Endres, staff intern When tragedy struck Malden on Labor Day in 2020, resident Scott Hokonson, who is now executive director of the Pine Creek Community Restoration Group, began working to rebuild the...
by admin | Jan 24, 2021 | Stories
This article first appeared on January 22, 2021 at KREM2. By Kaitlin Riordan. Washington lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to sign Governor Jay Inslee’s requests for a Major Disaster Declaration and supplemental federal assistance. MALDEN, Wash. — Pine City...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Stories
The Pine Creek Community Restoration LTRO is pleased to offer an immediate wildfire relief cash disbursement through our United Way of Whitman County Agency partner. We are committed to creating a fair and equitable disbursement process for each affected household,...
by admin | Jan 17, 2021 | Stories
This article first appeared in The Spokesman-Review, on Saturday, January 16 2021. By Emma Epperly and Orion Donovan-Smith from The Spokesman-Review More than four months after a wildfire tore through Malden and Pine City, President Donald Trump is withholding federal...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Stories
Originally published on January 12, 2021 9:25 pm at KNKX. By Courtney Flatt. To keep Washington from facing another devastating fire season, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is asking the state legislature to create a dedicated fund for firefighting, forest...
by admin | Jan 12, 2021 | Stories
Article originally posted by NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS (Associated Press) SPOKANE, Wash. Jan. 12, 2021 1:12 p.m. After yet another year of catastrophic wildfires in Washington state, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is once again proposing that the state create a...
