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The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan , which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha).
Cannabis in Washington relates to a number of legislative, legal, and cultural events surrounding the use of cannabis (marijuana, [a] hashish, THC, kief, etc.).On December 6, 2012, Washington became the first U.S. state to legalize recreational use of marijuana and the first to allow recreational marijuana sales, alongside Colorado.
The Gray Fire was a wildfire in Spokane County, Washington, United States. [1] It began near Medical Lake at about 12:27 pm on August 18, 2023. As of September 1, 2023, the fire had burned 10,085 acres (4,081 ha) and was 100% contained.
Apr. 18—Elk resident Kelcene Dodd brought home boxes of pizza from Spokane on Aug. 18. The slices never got touched. Aware of a nearby fire, Dodd, 59, walked out onto the deck of the two-story ...
The Tunnel Five continues to spread rapidly in Skamania County, now burning more than 300 acres in southern Washington state. The wildfire has forced residents to evacuate and threatens to destroy ...
The fire that burned through Medical Lake on Friday razed at least 185 structures and blackened 9,500 acres according to early morning ... Aug. 19—Wildfires that ravaged two swaths of Spokane ...
The state senate passed the bill on March 5. [44] [45] By March 19, the senate bill had cleared all house committees it was assigned to but one, the house finance committee, prior to a house floor vote. [46] In January, Washington state legislator Shelley Kloba introduced HB 2194, a bill that would allow home grow. [47]
With a wildfire bearing down, officials on Friday gave orders for evacuation of the entire town of Medical Lake, Wash.. Pushed by 35 mph winds, the Gray Fire grew from an estimated 500 acres to ...