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HERE

The Twisp blaze killed three U.S. National Forest firefighters last night. (KREM)

Spokane’s skies now look somewhat post-apocalyptic from all of the ash, and air quality conditions are expected to remain unhealthy today. (KHQ)

Police continue to search for a Hayden Lake-area arsonist, suspected of starting 16 fires. (Spokesman-Review)

Sasquan, aka the World Science Fiction Convention, begins today downtown Spokane and nerds everywhere are excited. (Inlander)

THERE

North and South Korea have exchanged fire, prompting border evacuations. (BBC)

Nine have been arrested after St. Louis police fatally shoot teen while trying to issue search warrant (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Former president Jimmy Carter announced he'll have radiation treatments on melanoma spots found on his brain."I am perfectly at ease with whatever comes," he said. (NBC News)