Federal fire center raises threat level to highest in 3 years
Federal land management agencies urge more firefighters and resources as nearly 60 major West fires strain crews. The National Interagency Fire Center activated the militia–agency option to call up federal staff and foreign crews. Over 24,000 firefighters worked West fires with 58 large blazes. The largest blaze in northern Nevada burned 292 square miles and was 10 percent contained. Evacuations spread from Nebraska to Montana and Glacier National Park saw a rapid fire growth and partial closures. Total federal land fires exceed 70,000 this year, far above the 10-year average.
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Boise
Idaho
National Interagency Fire Center
Randy Eardley
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Federal Firefighting Center
Nevada
Jamie Thompson
Winnemucca
Nev
Chadron
Neb
Montana
Glacier National Park
St. Mary
National Park Service
Baghdad deployment upsets soldier family at home base
Maureen Bell in Fairbanks Alaska laments how the Army announced her husband Vernon Bell’s return from deployment at Fort Wainwright. She says families learned late and lines were shut, leaving her and others unable to reach their loved ones. The piece notes the unit’s use of the Stryker vehicle and Army views on it.
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Fort Wainwright
Fairbanks
Alaska
Maureen Bell
Vernon Bell
U.S
District weighs tax hike to fund higher teacher salaries
Kansas districts including Lawrence consider using a new cost of living provision tied to high homestead values to raise local taxes for salaries. The plan would require districts to maximize local option budgets and create teacher salary enhancement funds to ensure the extra revenue funds teacher pay. The list of eligible districts includes De Soto, Tonganoxie, Olathe, Shawnee Mission and Lawrence.
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Randy Weseman
Kansas
de Soto
Tonganoxie
Lansing
Piper
Bonner Springs
Blue Valley
Spring Hill
Gardner
Olathe
Maize
Paola
Manhattan
Andover
Louisburg
Auburn-Washburn
Basehor- Linwood
Shawnee Mission
Lawrence
Kathy Johnson
Kansas Supreme Court
Morgan
FDA shifts on morning-after pill access plan
The FDA will skip a lengthy rulemaking and aims to resolve regulatory issues within ten weeks. Barr Laboratories must amend its nonprescription 16 and older application to fit 18 for over-the-counter access. Critics label the move a delay tactic ahead of Dr. von Eschenbachs Senate confirmation hearing.
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FDA
Barr
Tion
von Eschenbach
Carol Cox
Cox
Clinton
Murray
Senate
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