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3 WSU Students Charged in Connection With Starting Wildfire
3 WSU Students Charged in Connection With Starting Wildfire
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Three Washington State University students have been charged with gross misdemeanors in connection with the start of a wildfire that burned about 11,000 acres last summer. Blake Rogers, 22, Isaiah Weber, 23, and Jonathan Whitley, 22, all of Pullman, were each charged Monday with second-degree reckless burning for allegedly starting an illegal campfire that grew into the Snake
Men Who Started Wildfire Ordered to Pay State $2.3 Million
Men Who Started Wildfire Ordered to Pay State $2.3 Million
KELSO (AP) — Three men responsible for setting fire to 110 acres of forest in southwestern Washington have been ordered to pay the state more than $2.3 million in firefighting costs. The Daily News reports Nathan Taylor was sentenced Monday and all three defendants were ordered to pay damages to the state Department of Natural Resources...