okanogan complex

WENATCHEE (AP) — Several thousand people gathered Sunday to honor three U.S. Forest Service firefighters killed battling wildfires in Washington state. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell in a eulogy says the three dedicated their lives to protecting national forests and the communities around them, and for that everyone should be grateful...

WENATCHEE (AP) — A service for the three firefighters who died while battling the Okanogan Complex of wildfires last week will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Toyota Center in Wenatchee. The memorial service for 20-year-old Tom Zbyszewski, 26-year-old Andrew Zajac and 31-year-old Richard Wheeler will be held about 90 miles south of where they died last week in Twisp...

Yakima city officials thanked local volunteers and community contributors Friday afternoon as a truckload of donated goods for crews and residents affected by the Okanogan Complex fire left the Yakima Convention Center. Mayor Micah Cawley also singled out several dozen local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members, who pitched in to help pack and load individual bags of toiletries and