Two years later: How Malden has recovered after Babb Road Fire
This article first appeared @ KREM2.com on September 2, 2022. Author: Amanda Roley Two years after a fire leveled the towns of Malden and Pine City, the community has built a temporary fire station in the town of Malden. MALDEN, Wash. — It's been two years since the...
Park trail to see improvements between Malden and Rosalia
This post first appeared in the Cheney Free Press on 9 June 2022. By Michaela Friedrich. CHENEY-The Palouse to Cascades Trail State Park will see improvements, including a new trailhead, grading in three locations and trestle repairs between Malden and Rosalia by the...
How to recognize fire weather and get wildfire alerts
This article first appeared online at KXLY.com on May 27, 2022 3:40 PM by Matt Gray. Wildfires can blow up in a matter of minutes. Knowing how to get wildfire alerts and being aware of fire weather conditions will help you be aware and stay safe during fire season....
Fighting fire with fire: After 18-year absence, Washington’s bringing back prescribed burns to public lands
This article was first published by the Spokesman Review on May 5, 2022. By Colin Tiernan. SPRINGDALE – One by one, the firefighters pour the diesel-gasoline mix out of their big red drip torches and set the forest aflame. They start a tidy line of small fires first,...
After losing everything in the fire, 90-year-old Malden man moves into donated home
This article first appeared in The Spokesman Review on March 10, 2022, By Emma Epperly . Sun poured through the windows of a nearly empty house as 90-year-old Jim Jacobs, tears in his eyes, looked around in awe. He finally had a home. It had been 548 days since...
Malden Recovery Slow But Steady. Residents Get Six New Homes
This media first appeared online at NWPB. By Lauren Paterson March 8, 2022 Mayor Dan Harwood has one word to describe what it was like to watch the Babb Road fire devour the town of Malden. “Hell.” Harwood said he started filling water trucks and going door to door to...
Ford Motor Company Fund donates to fire relief funds in Malden and Pine Creek
This article first appeared in the Moscow Pullman Daily News, Jan 22, 2022. The Ford Motor Company Fund awarded a grant of $25,000 to the Innovia Foundation to support the fire relief efforts in Malden and Pine Creek region after the Babb Road Wildfire in September...
Red Cross Awards Grants for Wildfire Recovery
More than $1.2 Million in grants allocated throughout Northwest Region SPOKANE WA, November 24, 2021 — More than one year after the 2020 Labor Day wildfires sparked throughout Washington State, scorching thousands of acres and destroying homes in Whitman and...
Full Circle: Malden mother and daughter give back to community after losing home in fire
This article first appeared in The Spokesman Review on October 31, 2021. Written by Emma Epperly . emmae@spokesman.com(509) 459-5122 The road leading into main street in Malden, Washington, looks almost normal at first glance, with a row of old weathered homes with...
AWC: Community Care — A small-town eastern Washington mayor advocates action now to combat natural disaster
This article first appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Cityvision, a magazine produced and distributed by the Association of Washington Cities.
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