MALDEN, Wash. (AP) — Five months after a wildfire destroyed the adjacent towns of Malden and Pine City in Eastern Washington’s Whitman County, President Joe Biden has approved federal aid for the towns and for other areas in Eastern Washington burned by fires last year.
Former President Trump had declined to release the funds earlier because of a long-standing dispute with Gov. Inslee.
More than 85% of the buildings in Malden and Pine City burned to the ground in the Babb Road Fire.
Residents have not been able to clean up or rebuild since the wildfire that began last Labor Day.