Ryan Cole is an intern at ARLnow and an Arlington native. He’s a Yorktown High School graduate from the class of 2022 and now studies journalism at Northwestern University. On campus, he’s covered sports for Inside NU and Northwestern Wildcats On SI. Ryan began his internship with ARLnow in June.
The Arlington County Fire Department is welcoming a new dog deputy, and he’s not joking around.
Joker, a male yellow Labrador retriever, is in training to help detect “fire accelerants” at the scene of a fire, ACFD spokesman Capt. Jamie Jill told ARLnow. The dog will be capable of smelling explosives as well as post-blast residue.
