MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. – When fires devastated Medical Lake and Elk in August 2023, families lost homes, vehicles and personal heirlooms. New data from the Washington Office of the Insurance ...

Oct. 11—Wildfires continue to torch the Washington landscape, but well-positioned aircraft and a streamlined communication process helped limit burned land to just more than 300,000 acres this ...

These wildfire tracker maps show smoke, hot spots, and air quality by zip code As California, Oregon, and Washington brace for another devastating wildfire season, fire mapping has improved ...

Rain has fallen on trees and soaked into the dirt. The risk for big wildfires is largely over in Washington. “We’re past the point in the season where we’re expecting large, costly fires ...

Education: Graduated from Lakeside School in Seattle in 1989. Holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado in environmental conservation and a graduate certificate from the ...

Maybe. Smoke from wildfires in Canada is drifting into the U.S., creating unhealthy air quality in parts of Montana, Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to the fire and smoke map maintained by ...

With 1,400 fire starts statewide this year, 95% of them were under 10 acres. Washington's Department of Natural Resources has a goal of 90% of fires annually being less than 10 acres, a figure the ...

America is on high alert. Almost four years after former US president Donald Trump encouraged a mob to attack the Capitol ...

Intense wildfires in Canada have sparked pollution alerts across swathes of North America as smoke is blown south along the continent's east coast. Toronto, Ottawa, New York and Washington DC are ...