As Medical Lake and Elk residents continue to recover from a devastating wildfire season, Washington state's governor is looking to the Commander in Chief for recovery assistance.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday asking for a major disaster declaration for the Gray and Oregon Road fires. In the letter, Inslee asked the president to make more financial assistance available to survivors and to allow government agencies to assist with debris cleanup. The Gray and Oregon Road fires devastated areas of Spokane County this summer, destroying nearly 20,000 acres, hundreds of homes and taking the lives of two people. More than two months after the fires sparked, the Medical Lake and Elk communities are still trying to recover from the devastation.