Weather boosts fight against wildfires near Leavenworth
Cool air and rising humidity helped reduce the threat to Leavenworth homes as the Icicle Creek fire complex neared 30 percent containment. Evacuations were lifted for 50 residences while 18 remained inaccessible. crews dispersed across Washington, Oregon, and other Western fronts as more than 1,090 firefighters labored under a changing weather system.
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Math for Liberal Arts I offered at Wytheville CC
Wytheville Community College in Wytheville Va offers Mathematics for the Liberal Arts I on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 940 pm starting Aug 22. The live interactive tele course originates at WCC and is available at Marion Senior High School and Carroll County High School sites. For information contact Gary T Laing at WCC.
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Fire Rifleman Flemmi Sentenced to Ten Years in Plea Deal
Mobster Stephen Flemmi known as the Fire Rifleman received a ten year prison term under a plea that resolves extortion money laundering and obstruction charges. Judge Mark L Wolf criticized the FBI for its long relationship with Flemmi and Whitey Bulger while noting the remaining murder charges. Flemmi still faces trial on about ten killings including a former girlfriend and his step daughter with potential death sentences in Oklahoma and Florida. His FBI handler John Connolly Jr faces a separate trial.
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