House panel rejects GOP effort to include ‘MALDEN Act’ in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package

by admin | Sep 16, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review. Article by Orion Donovan-Smith . Photos by Jess Tinsley. WASHINGTON – Late Tuesday night, House Democrats rejected a Republican effort to add legislation inspired by the fire that destroyed the Eastern Washington...

Preventing fires from destroying entire towns will take communities learning to live with fire

by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 10, 2021. Article by Laurel Demkovich.  Photos by Jesse Tinsley. In recent years, small towns, like Malden, Washington, have become victim to catastrophic fires that burned around them. As more people...

Bureaucratic hurdles making Malden recovery uniquely difficult

by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 8, 2021. Article by Emma Epperly. Photos by Jesse Tinsley. The rural town of Malden didn’t have much to offer when it came to amenities, but it had decades of history and a quiet sense of community. That...

Washington leaders talk preventing ‘another Malden situation’ one year after Babb Road Fire

by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Stories

This article first appeared on KREM.com on September 7, 2021. Author: Grace Arnis (KREM), KREM Staff Malden and Pine City were hit particularly hard by the Babb Road Fire. Now, state leaders want to prevent it from happening again. WHITMAN COUNTY, Wash. — Fires during...

The fortunes of Malden, Washington, rose and fell largely with the railroads

by admin | Sep 7, 2021 | Our History, Stories

This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 6, 2021. By Jesse Tinsley.   Wilson Moreland, born in 1852, homesteaded in north Whitman County in 1884, to farm and raise cattle. Moreland was successful enough that he acquired more land around...