As Western wildfires are getting bigger, one small town volunteer is fighting back

Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back.
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Some 40% of state’s wildfires this season were in Western Washington

Washington problem,” not just an Eastern Washington one, the head of the state Department of Natural... Read Story ...
USA Today

Where's the rain? Here's where a dry and dangerous fall is in the forecast.

Drought continues to worsen in several parts of the country, meteorologists warned in early September as dry conditions are forecast for many areas later in the month, sparking additional fears about ...
KJCT8

Fire restrictions to be lifted across multiple western slope counties

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Fire restrictions across the western slope are set to be lifted. The U.S. Forest Service is lifting stage one fire restrictions for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and ...
OPB

6 ways to visualize the 2020 Labor Day fires

Find all stories in the OPB series “Labor Day fires: Five years later” here. Starting Labor Day weekend 2020, wildfires charred Oregon’s land, choked the air, and cost the state hundreds of millions ...
UPI

Study: Wildfires in western U.S. play role in global warming

Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change. ...