SAN FRANCISCO (TND) — Adam Nathan, board chair for The Salvation Army San Francisco, criticized the city’s managed alcohol program last week for distributing drinks to people addicted to alcohol.
The initiative aims to stabilize drinking patterns while providing housing, medical supervision and social support to alleviate severe alcohol use, poverty and homelessness.
“The whole thing is very odd to me," Nathan wrote on X Tuesday. "Providing free drugs to drug addicts doesn’t solve their problems. Read More...
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (KATU) — A fast-moving wildfire burning in Skamania County, Washington has forced "Level 3" evacuations for everyone living within a two-mile radius of the blaze, state fire officials said. The Tunnel Five Fire tore through an estimated 540 acres as of Monday afternoon.
Officials said at least 10 homes have been destroyed and 250 remain threatened.
The fire broke out at about 11:20 a.m. Sunday along SR-14 by the community of Underwood. Read More...
SEWARD, Pa (WJAC) — Pleasure Valley Raceway in Seward, Indiana County, is hosting the Jeremiah Jones Summer ATV National Championship this weekend.
Jones was an up and coming professional quad racer when an accident on a track severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the waist down.
Participants were out practicing Friday ahead of Saturday’s races.
The amateurs will race four laps and the professionals will race for 20 minutes plus one lap. Read More...