wildfire

There’s a few places where the Spokane fires didn’t burn quite so hot or quite so fast. Officials with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources say that’s because trees in these areas had been thinned. That helps make a forest ecosystem healthier.

How are goats being used as a fire mitigation tool in the Northwest?

An engineer in Mosier, Oregon, is developing a new way to keep property safe during wildfires. He’s tested his wildfire sensors out on his land and at prescribed burns.

Soon, the town of White Salmon, Washington, will be a little more prepared for wildfires. The state is building a fuel break around the town.

Fire season could begin earlier this season in some parts of the Northwest.

On Wednesday morning, Washington state declared a statewide drought.

Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources is developing wildfire risk and hazard maps. It’s an effort to help the state and local communities better prepare for wildfires.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two firefighters working on the Bear Gulch Fire on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday, accusing them of being in the U.S. illegally.

The 2024 Retreat Fire is a tale of two fires. One side of the fire torched cliff sides and an important irrigation canal. In another spot, the forest is a mosaic of burn severity, the sign of a "good fire."

“We’re losing firefighters. The numbers are going down,” said Riston Bullock, a 13-year veteran with the Nez Perce crew. “We need people at the shop ready to go when those fires start.”