Malden/Pine City Fire

"Are you guys ok?"

It's the first thing we say to each other in the Malden/Pine City area these days. Once that question is answered, it is immediately followed by, "Is your house ok?"

We lost so much on Labor Day. Our community's heart got burned up.

Malden and Pine City are more than a collection of buildings. They were where we fought for years to get a library and finally got one. It was where we met, all of us for miles around. The Masonic Lodge Hall that burned held every bit of history from Eastern Star Chapters from Malden, Lacrosse, Colfax, Palouse, Oakesdale, Tekoa, St. John, Sprague...