n a mediated settlement, the fire district dropped the lawsuit against its union, the union agreed not to use the logo that spurred the suit, and each side will pay its own attorney fees.

Crews from Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue attacked a fire inside a home at 750 Hostetler Way in The Dalles Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported about 2:30 p.m., Oct. 25, after a neighbor heard a loud explosion and saw flames inside the home.

Bob Palmer recently watched a documentary about United Airlines Flight 93 and was struck by the bravery of passengers who stared death in the face as they made a desperate attempt to stop terrorists from killing more Americans on Sept. 11, 2001. “They were the real heroes of the day,” said Palmer, chief of Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue in The Dalles. Flight 93 took off from Newark International Airport in New Jersey about 8:42 a.m. and had originally been headed for California.

Second fire destroys shop in Dallesport