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(Runtime 1:08) A few days ago, Finley resident Scott Matthews was at the local general store. He ran into someone who asked him to smell their…

(Runtime 4:33)Exhaustion and frustration: Ranchers in southeast Oregon are battling wildfire. Like many more rural landowners across the West, they’re…

(Runtime 1:02)When a Tri-Cities family headed to Hawaii, they hoped it would be the vacation of a lifetime. Instead, they found more of the same…

When you open your phone in the morning or check the weather online, you might be seeing an alert lately: "Red Flag (Fire Weather) Warning."“A Red Flag…

A fire in south-central Washington has threatened renewable energy projects, livestock and wildlife, and a major landfill for the state.The Newell Road…

There is a new option to escape a tsunami if you’re on the southwest coast of Washington when the Big One strikes. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Friday dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. Tribal leaders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the new tsunami refuge platform should be an example and inspiration for other vulnerable coastal communities.

Fourteen days after the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., officials have called off the search for survivors.

A structural engineering report provided to the Champlain Towers condominium association in 2018 found widespread problems that required extensive repairs "in the near future."

As search and rescue operations continue, questions abound as to why the Champlain Towers South complex near Miami, only 40 years old, partially collapsed on Thursday.