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Williams Flats Fire 88%

contained

The Williams Flats fire, located upstream from the Keller Ferry area, is said to be 88% contained at 44,515 acres, the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team stated Tuesday. The fire, started from lightning Aug. 2., had 420 personnel assigned to the fire, down from over 1,200 at its peak.

Two champs

to wed

World champion bull rider Shane Proctor, originally from Grand Coulee, will marry Haley Ganzel, a world champion trick rider in October, the Omak Chronicle reported Tuesday. The couple are planning to be married a week after the 2019 rodeo season finishes, on Oct. 5, in Oklahoma, the paper reported.

Ganzel and Proctor both took part in the Omak Stampede Aug. 8-11, where Proctor competed in the saddle bronc riding and Ganzel showed the crowd her riding tricks.