US Forest Service says 1,100 acres burned so far in fire near Devil's Den
The fire, dubbed the "Blackburn Wildfire," started around two miles southwest of Devil's Den State Park. Crews are still ...
Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday credited Trump with securing the pay increase in a post on the social media site ...
Washington County residents urged to refrain from burning; NWS issues Elevated Fire Weather Threat
Washington County officials are urging residents to not burn outside after the National Weather Service issued an Elevated ...
Mass firings at USFS and USDA spark wildfire risk concerns in Washington state
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, alongside other Washington state lawmakers, expressed concerns over the recent mass firings of ...
Federal funding chaos is hampering WA state planning for wildfire season, officials say
The last thing we need right now planning for wildfire season is uncertainty,” one state official told The News Tribune.
4 deaths confirmed, at least 200 injured in wildfires across Oklahoma
Gov. Kevin Stitt has issued a state of emergency for 12 counties after wildfires caused destruction throughout Oklahoma on Friday. The state of emergency was declared for Cleveland, Creek, Dewey, ...
Ukraine agrees to US-proposed cease-fire with Russia as Washington lifts intelligence, military aid holds
The US will resume sharing intelligence with Ukraine and end its pause on military aid to the eastern European country — but officials in Moscow were already signaling the agreement was a ...
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Long Island officials probe if cause of fires was ‘nefarious’ or natural
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency as quick-moving brush fires burned through a large swath of land on Long Island on March 8. (Video: The Washington Post) Almost 80 fire ...
Putin says he’s ‘carefully studying’ Washington-Kyiv cease-fire agreement as Rubio insists US will ‘have contact with Russians’
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Kyiv “can expect” the US to take “strong steps” against ...
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Officials: Hagerstown woman arrested after setting apartment on fire, barricading herself in rental office
A Hagerstown woman was arrested Friday after she intentionally set her apartment on fire before barricading herself inside the complex’s rental office, ...