NEWS UNBROKEN
DAILY NEWS 7-23-2024
[Music] And it is Tuesday. Good to have you with us here on the radio. I'm Eric Carpenter. It is getting warm. I'm going to talk more about that weather forecast coming up but still no rain in the forecast. If you are in or anywhere near Colville, today is the day for the free food distribution. This is going on down at 317 West Astor, the parking lot area between the fairgrounds and the food bank. A drive-through event. The second harvest mobile market is bringing enough food for about 250 families. In addition to second harvest, it is being sponsored locally by St. Paul's Lutheran Church. No appointment. No documentation. Nothing like that. You just get in line with your vehicle. You drive through. They've got the food all boxed up. This is through 1 this afternoon. Free food distribution time. The mobile market coming here to Colville. If you want to participate, today is the day. Hey, Colville. Ready to transform your sleep? 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It is still at about 1500 acres. It has been burning to the north and the east. The fire crews with aerial support working to protect structures along San Poil Road create a fire line to contain the flames for the bridge fire. The other fire, this one, southwest of Keller. The Swalwilla fire, it started June 17th with lightning strike. It is over 5500 acres in tall grass, brush, mixed timber. That has had evacuations for homes in Kearns Canyon. Level 3 evacuation notices in the Swalwilla Basin Road, some in the Manila Creek Road area. A 6 mile stretch of straight route 21 is closed. That means also the Keller Ferry remains closed. With the Keller Ferry closed, you will have to detour and it's about an hour plus detour if depending on where you are headed. Right now, there's 183 personnel assigned to the blaze. The aerial suppression crews are scooping water from Lake Roosevelt with both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. They have been making repeated drops. The Swalwilla fire is still listed as 0% contained. It is predicted to move aggressively in a northerly direction this week. Boise Cascade is having a big hiring event. Walk in interviews on Wednesday, May 15th from noon until 6, and Thursday, May 16th from 6 a.m. until noon. 600 dollar hiring bonus after successfully completing the trial period on the spot job offers free food and swag. Great benefits, medical dental vision and 401k. Have questions call Shannon at 509738 3239 or you can go to bc.com. Event will be at 610 West 3rd in Kettle Falls. Boise Cascade proud to be an equal opportunity and player. State Fire Assistance mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Mobilization Plan. The North Waynes Fire that is located in Yakima County near Silla that started about 745 last night. 1500 acres still growing. Old growth, sage, sheetgrass, threatening homes, irrigation, cultural areas. There are level 3 evacuations in effect at this time. Also yesterday, State Fire Assistance was mobilized for the big horn fire in Clickitat County that near Bickleton. The authorized at five last night, the big horn fire started 107 yesterday afternoon quickly growing to 1200 acres. It is in grass, brush, sage, juniper. It is a threatening agriculture homes, a wind farm and offices. There are level 3 evacuations in effect for that fire. We're into that time. We've been a long time without really any rain. Everything drying out. Let's make sure we don't have any human caused fire starts. Checking around Stevens County, Ferry, Ponderay County so far. Ponderay in Stevens County, we've been able to contain everything to very small fires. We've got those two good sized fires burning in southern Ferry County. The Kettlefall School District is currently seeking a skilled and reliable bus driver for the 2024-2025 school year. Accelerate your career in this high demand field. As a bus driver, you will be transporting students and staff on regular school routes and extracurricular activities such as field trips. Be a part of our team and help us continue to provide safe and efficient transportation to our community. Apply online at kfschools.org or call 509-738-6625 for more information. The Washington State Patrol Criminal Investigation Division, they have taken over the investigation of the officer involved shooting incident last Friday afternoon near Colville. It was about 323. Stevens County Sheriff's Office Deputy contacted a mail at a van in 395 and auto view road. It resulted in the mail subject being shot. An altercation had ensued. The deputy used lethal force. Responding officers rendered first aid. The deputy not injured in that altercation. The county sheriff's office requested assistance for the state patrol to lead that investigation. Responding to the scene at that time. The Washington State Patrol, the Colville Police, the Chawilla Police, Kettle Falls Police Department, Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Parks Service. They all assisted with various aspects of that investigation, including scene security. Looking for a little comfort in your life? Call the expert, your carrier dealer. Carrier dealers are the authorities at getting peak performance from your heating and cooling system. So call your carrier dealer first. He has ways of making you very comfortable. Carrier, turn to the experts at ABC Heating and Electric in Colville at 411 W. 2nd or call Deb for an appointment at 684-2018 or go to abc-heating.com. Seattle Police arresting three teens, two 14-year-olds and one 13-year-old during the Chinatown Seafair Parade. They had and were displaying loaded guns. Multiple people at the event witnessed them brandishing the weapons and called the police. Officers quickly arrived and detained the three juveniles. Two of the three firearms were confiscated, turned up as stolen, and they had been modified to make them fully automatically. One teenager had a handgun that was modified to equip a 30-round magazine and an auto-seer for automatic firing. Well, an armed good Samaritan saved a pregnant woman. Police in Seattle report this good Samaritan came to the rescue of a woman during a domestic violence incident and shot her attacker. It happened Sunday at West Seattle's Lincoln Park, an adult male witness that was armed with a gun. He intervened on the in-progress domestic violence assault of a pregnant woman inside a vehicle. Police said the woman managed to get out of the vehicle. The man shielded her from her attacker. He tried to retreat while protecting the pregnant woman as the suspect kept moving toward them. He had retreated 40-50 yards into the park, telling the suspect to back away and stop pursuing them. Officers say ultimately the male shot the suspect while he was protecting the felony domestic violence victim, the woman, four months pregnant at the time. We recently talked with Cam Edwards from the Second Amendment Foundation about what he sees the direction of the Second Amendment rights according to who wins this year's election. And if Trump were to win, would, or could he, repeal some of the firearm control laws that were put in place by Joe Biden? In order to repeal laws, you're going to need support in Congress, right? The President can't do that himself, so you're going to need Republican majorities in the House and Senate too. But what we see with Joe Biden is that, obviously, the President does have a lot of executive authority, right? And so when you look at these ATF rules that have been promulgated under Biden's administration, I think we would see a complete stop to that under a Trump administration. But in order to claw back some of our rights that have been taken away via legislation, you're going to need to see Republicans gain control of the Senate. You're going to need to see them keep control of the House. And you're going to need to see Republicans make that a priority. And that's something that I think some governors are concerned about. You know, we saw this revamping of the Republican platform this year. And I know that there's some pro-life advocates who are unhappy that abortion language was taken out. There are some Second Amendment advocates who are unhappy that there is not detailed support for things like national right to carry reciprocity. And so I think between the two candidates and I assume that Joe Biden, as of the time of this airing, is still going to be the Democratic nominee, we'll see. But between Donald Trump and whoever the Democrats nominate, there is going to be, I think, a clear difference when it comes to the support for the right to keep their arms. And Donald Trump wasn't perfect. He actually called for the ATF to institute a ban on bump stocks. A ban that the Supreme Court has struck down. So I would like to think that Donald Trump, if he is elected in November, will view those guardrails against government overreach in a little bit different aspect than he did the first time that he served. And at the end of the day, there really is just no comparison between the track record of Donald Trump, imperfect as it might be, and Joe Biden, who has declared the firearms industry the enemy, and who has made it his mission to try to criminalize the sale and possession of the most commonly sold rivals in the country right now. That's just a stark difference between the two candidates. We better wrap things up, I've got an angry rooster right in front of me. Always kind of fun to talk to, Cam Edwards, along with his angry rooster. Those little emergency shut-off valves under your sink, the ones you probably have trouble getting to because of soap, window cleaner, and dog shampoo hiding them, and can you even turn them off if you need to. Fogo pump and supply has the new quarter-turn valves that use a brass ball seal and not a crusty washer. In fact, Fogo pump and supply has all the modern plumbing supplies you need in plastic, iron, copper, pecs, and more. Stump by and check them out at their North Highway location. Fogo pump and supply the water professionals. Oh man, what a bummer of a night. You know, it looks so good. First inning, the Seattle Mariners get a run. They were up 1-0. You go through inning 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The Mariners still have a 1-0 lead. Ninth inning came and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Mariners 3-1 last night. Joe Adele drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the ninth inning. Didn't go too well. Mariners dropped the first of three to the Los Angeles Angels. Game two coming up tonight. It's a three-game series, night game today, day game tomorrow. Also, JP Crawford left the game. He got hit on the right hand. It was an 86-mile-an-hour change-up from the Angels starter Tyler Anderson. He was attended to by the Mariners' training staff. He finished running the bases and scored the Mariners only run on Cal Raleigh's single. However, he then was replaced by Dylan Morritt, shortstop top of the second inning. Luke Raleigh taking over for Morritt first base. He suffered a hairline fracture in his right pinky. Got hit by the pitch. It came around and scored, but now he is going to be out for a while for the Mariners. Tonight, 540, the Mariners. Game number two coming up, 530 pregame, 640 first pitch. Coming off the all-star break, Mariners need to get things on track, especially offense-wise. 92.1 KCRK. We'll have Mariner baseball tonight. Today's local weather forecast brought to you by Pat Bell, candidate for 7th District State House position two, Republican. He's invited you to come out to a candidate meet-and-greet. It's going to be a fired-up brewing, 1235 South Main in Colville. That'll be tomorrow, 330 till 5 pizza cold drinks. Suggested contribution of $10 veterans, first responders, kids, snow charge paid for by Vote Pat Bell. 87. For a high this afternoon, we are going to have widespread haze continuing today, tonight, tomorrow. About 90 for a high on Wednesday, 79 on Thursday, 80 on Friday. For the weekend coming up, more sunshine, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 84 to 86, the high temperatures all weekend long. Be sure and get your ballot in the mail or drop it off in a Dropbox location before Tuesday, August 6th. Make sure your vote counts. And when you vote, fill in your ballot. Mark Pat Bell, candidate for 7th District State House position two. I'm Eric Carpenter, and this is K-C-V-L, K-C-R-K. It's 7.30.