ARTICLES BY TRIP BURNS
Copper King air support bucket drop
A helicopter performs a bucket drop along ACM road on Thursday. Air support has been continuous throughout the week, as crews battle to contain the Copper King wildfire in Thompson Falls.
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Clearing ACM road - August 4, 2016
Members of the Lolo Hot Shots work to clear the western edge of ACM road of fuel in order to perform a controlled burn on Friday night.
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Copper King wildfire - August 4, 2016
The Copper King wildfire burns near Thompson river on ACM road, the western edge of the fire line.
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Constructing a hand line
Chief Mountain Hot Shots construct a hand line near the old Silver King mine. August 4, 2016.
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Chief Mountain hotshots
Chief Mountain hotshots dig a hand line on Thursday afternoon near the old Silver King mine to establish a direct water line to the fire, which was a few hundred feet away.
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Copper King crews slow spread of wildfire
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Playin' in the flowers
Hunter and Ellianna O'Brien play with tags after the delivery.
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Residents pitch in to help unload truck
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Still walkin' after all these years
Gerald and Doris Larson walk down Railroad Ave. last Thursday.
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Lovebirds take daily walks
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Plains resident, Oregon standoff suspect arrested
Jake Ryan was arrested Tuesday in Vancouver, Wash., according to Sanders County Undersheriff Lanning Hensley.
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'Watchdog' gets his day
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Deer visits town, stays
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Spelling Bee winners
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