The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it more difficult to contain.

Staying safe during natural disasters takes preparation and awareness. Pierce County faces the threat of a volcanic eruption, ...

Climate change is an intensifier — a force that amplifies and worsens existing conditions. It increases the probability that extreme conditions will compound and become unprecedented.

According to a recent study published in the journal JAMA Neurology, fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke may be ...

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...

The Journal has editorialized against Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, called presidential appointee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...

California lawmakers introduced a bill allowing wildfire victims, businesses, and insurance companies to sue fossil fuel companies for climate disaster damages. • State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-11) argues ...

An unusual trial starting Wednesday will delve into difficult questions about survivors’ losses as a judge decides how to ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Local agencies are grappling with the implications of a federal funding freeze ordered by the White ...

Most of the state's more than 1,000 wineries are clustered around the Columbia River, so the irrigation-dependent crop can ...

The Department of Natural Resources says our driest January in decades already increases our fire risks. The state's public ...

A Tuesday order from President Donald Trump that froze federal funding to assess diversity programs and organizations that don't adhere to his plans also froze funding for integral wildfire prevention ...