Western Drought Brings Another Woe: Voracious Grasshoppers June 25, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers... Read More
Arizona Feeling Brunt of Wildfire Activity Across West June 23, 2021 By Felicia Fonseca FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Dozens of wildfires were burning in hot, dry conditions across the U.S. West, including a blaze... Read More
California Firefighters Work to Contain Large Forest Fire June 23, 2021 BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — California’s weather moderated Monday after a long siege of extreme heat but firefighters still faced... Read More
Amid Clamor to Increase Prescribed Burns, Obstacles Await June 23, 2021 By Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in... Read More
Driver Rams Cyclists in Arizona Race, Critically Injuring Six June 21, 2021 SHOW LOW, Ariz. (AP) — A driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists during a community road race in... Read More
California Urges Power Conservation Amid Heat Wave June 18, 2021 By Christopher Weber LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s power grid operator called for voluntary energy conservation on Thursday as the state sweltered under... Read More
Dead ‘Murder Hornet’ Near Seattle is 1st Found in US in 2021 June 18, 2021 By Nicholas K. Geranios SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet... Read More
Viewpoint: How Undead Corporations Can Help Fund Oregon’s Environmental Cleanup June 18, 2021 By Max M. Miller Jr. We all know that corporations and limited liability companies can die. In actuality, they are dissolved and given time to... Read More
Utah Protesters Take Plea Deal, to Pay $100K for Damages June 17, 2021 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four of the nine protesters charged after police accused them of painting a street red... Read More
Wind-Whipped Montana Fires Burn Structures, Spur Evacuations June 17, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires burning in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of... Read More