Names in the News

LEN MALMQUIST retired as chief of Central Emergency Services in Soldotna, Alaska, after seven years with the department and a 38-year career in the fire service. Jeff Tucker, former special operations chief with the Gainesville (FL) Fire Rescue Department and a 20-year fire and EMS service veteran, will succeed him.

Biolabs fire Conyers Georgia

Federal Investigators Previously Raised Alarm About BioLab Chemicals

A fire at a BioLabs facility in Conyers, Georgia, has sent a toxic cloud over Rockdale County and disrupted large swaths of metro Atlanta.
OBX fatal plane crash

Five Dead in NC Outer Banks Plane Crash

Federal investigators are examining evidence to determine what led to a plane crash last weekend on North Carolina’s Outer Banks that killed five.