Alex Brown Stateline.org (TNS) Feb. 18—ISSAQUAH, Wash. — President Donald Trump's moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when...
Lauren Penington The Denver Post (TNS) A hunting company based in southwestern Colorado has paid $500,000 to settle allegations that it sparked a national forest wildfire in 2019, federal officials said. Federal investigators allege Jackson Outfitters is liable for...
Steve Scauzillo - Los Angeles Daily News (TNS) During a new process aimed at increasing the county’s fiscal transparency, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone on Wednesday defended the department’s aerial firefighting capabilities during the...
Jenny Jarvie - Los Angeles Times On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash pile on brushland north of Mulholland Drive were picked up by Santa Ana winds and swept across the canyons of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest enclaves. The apocalyptic scenes...
Nathan Solis - Los Angeles Times Southern California Edison reported to state regulators Thursday that its equipment likely sparked the Hurst fire that burned nearly 800 acres in Sylmar last month, but the utility has yet to determine where the much more destructive...
CHAEWON CHUNG - News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. On Wednesday, a wildfire broke out in McDowell County in Western North Carolina after a tree fell onto a powerline. After hours of firefighting efforts from Wednesday through Thursday morning, the fire, which had...
Blake Nelson - The San Diego Union-Tribune The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a small canyon by San...
David Garrick - The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego has been slow to revamp how it monitors and removes flammable brush on city-owned land, despite a 2023 audit saying the city’s efforts are poorly coordinated and not comprehensive enough. Brush management is...
Thomas Curwen - Los Angeles Times Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen, who lives in Missoula, Mont., visited Pacific Palisades to instruct firefighters and property owners on how to protect homes against wildfires. Three days of training, including a...
Grace Toohey -Los Angeles Times Officials said they are making progress in protecting two key institutions from the Eaton fire. Don Fregulia, an operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has joined in the Eaton fire...
Andrea Grajeda Colorado Hometown Weekly (TNS) Dec. 18—Louisville has reviewed how the 2023 approval of the open space tax increase has helped open space management and wildfire mitigation. During the Tuesday Louisville City Council meeting, Open Space...
NATHAN PORCENG - The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. — This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter. Joseph Nickischer can’t remember...
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