NWS honoring Galbreath family Friday

Recognizing 48 years of service, NOAA’s National Weather Service has named Ritzville resident Greg Galbreath and the Galbreath family the 2013 recipients of the agency’s Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding service in the Cooperative Weather Observer Program.

The award is the agency’s most prestigious, with the Galbreath’s award being the only one presented to cooperative weather observers from the Western Region this year.

“Cooperative observers are the cornerstone of weather data collection and analysis,” said Susan Nelson, date and observing systems program manager for NOAA’s National Wea...