Regulators could eventually revoke PG&E's utility license By MIKE LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — California power regulators are poised to reprimand Pacific Gas & Electric for continuing to neglect its electrical grid that has...
Dry Conditions Triple Number of Fires in Oregon
Fire danger is expected to increase SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday the number of small wildfires has tripled this spring partly because of dry conditions across Oregon. The agency said Tuesday they’ve already doused 70...
New Mexico Issues 10-Year Plan to Boost Forest Health
The latest drought map shows much of the U.S. Southwest mired in drought By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Restoring forests, using fire as a management tool and getting more buy-in from private land owners are among the...
California Targets Urgent Projects as Wildfire Season Nears
Last year’s record-setting wildfire season scorched more than 4% of the state By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California is in such an urgent race with another devastating wildfire season that officials began...
FEMA Trailers Used for Oregon Wildfire Survivors
Rumors spread that unaccompanied immigrant children were housed in trailers MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials say that trailers at an industrial site in southwest Oregon, which were rumored to house unaccompanied immigrant children, are actually for...
Trails Reopened after Fire at Indiana Dunes National Park
425-acre fire began on April 2 GARY, Ind. (AP) — Trails have reopened following a wildfire at Indiana Dunes National Park in the northwestern part of the state. Fire crews and park staff have ensured all trails in visitor areas impacted by the fire are...
Crews Contain Two Fires on New Mexico’s Rio Chama Bosque
Evacuation orders lifted ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — Crews were working Sunday to fully contain two small wildfires on the Rio Chama bosque near Abiquiu that forced some evacuations of residents. Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s officials said evacuations were...
Evacuation Notice Lifted in Area Where Wildfire Destroyed Arizona Homes
Dudleyville on standby status DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities on Saturday lifted an evacuation notice for a south-central Arizona community where a wildfire earlier burned at least 12 homes, allowing approximately 200 residents to return home. The...
USFA: Ohio On-Duty Death
Roosenburg was participating in a controlled burn United States Fire Administration The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Wildland Firefighter Selide Roosenburg, 20, of the ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division...
Containment of Theodore Roosevelt Park Wildfire Grows
Wildfires have burned at least 53 square miles in the state BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on an eight-square-mile wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt State Park. Firefighters had the blaze 80% contained on Saturday afternoon,...
Washington Senate Passes Wildfire Bill
Bill would provide $125 million every two years to boost wildfire response By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state Senate has unanimously passed a bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in...
Arizona Wildfire Destroys Homes, Causes Evacuation of 200 People
At least 12 homes destroyed DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — A small community in south-central Arizona remained under an evacuation notice Friday after crews and air tankers stopped the growth of a wildfire that burned at least 12 homes, officials said. The...