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NEWPORT — The big story of March was the unusually mild weather on March 25 and 26, which followed some measurable snow just a couple of days earlier, according to local weather watcher Bob Lutz, who runs the Climate Hawk Northwest at www. climatehawk.org.
Newport had a high of 68 degrees, with a low of 34 on March 26. March 15 there had been 3.3 inches of snow.
March 26 was the highest temperature of the month at 68 degrees and March 7 the lowest temperature at 21 degrees.
“Overall, both temperatures and precipitation came in near normal, and even snowfall was near normal for a change,” Lutz wrote.
Register by April 4 for Medical Reserve Corps program
COLVILLE — A new Medical Reserve Corps program, a volunteer initiative aimed at enhancing public health and emergency response capabilities across Ferry, Pend Oreille and Stevens Counties, has been started by Northeast Tri County Health.
Register by April 4 to be included in the upcoming training: Where Volunteers Fit in the Incident Command System. Volunteers are sought in Pend Oreille County for MRC. Volunteers receive free training, such as Stop the Bleed, administering naloxone and wilderness and psychological first aid. Volunteers may assist with tasks like staffing emergency shelters, supporting vaccination clinics or helping with public health outreach efforts. Participation is flexible, with no required time commitments — volunteers choose how and when to serve.
Visit www.netchd. org/549/Medical-Reserve- Corps-MRC to learn more and sign up. For more information about the MRC program, please contact the MRC Volunteer Coordinator, Madelyn, by calling 509-684-2262 (select option 1) or emailing [email protected] with “MRC” in the subject line.
Secure Rural Schools RAC meeting April 16
COLVILLE — The U.S. Forest Service Colville National Forest Resource Advisory Committee is hosting a meeting at noon April 16.
The meeting is at the Supervisor’s Office, 765 S. Main St. in Colville. Participants can also attend over video teleconference and phone, with information for both options available on https://www.fs.usda. gov/main/colville/workingtogether/ advisorycommittees.
The Colville RAC is organized as a Secure Rural Schools RAC and provides recommendations to the Forest Service on special projects on federal lands.
SRS funds may be used for projects that improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure, enhancing forest ecosystems, restoring and improving land health, fish and wildlife habitat and water quality.
Contact Jeffry Todd, Colville National Forest Public Affairs Office and RAC coordinator, via email at [email protected] or by telephone at 928-2453058 for more information.
