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During the NFFF Memorial Weekend in May, the names of 97 firefighters who died in 2025 and 107 from previous years will be added to the memorial
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Eight Snohomish firefighters are asking the nation’s highest court to review rulings that sided with their department after they were placed on leave for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds
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