OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington State Department of Natural Resources celebrated the least amount of acres burned during wildfire season in the past decade. This year, just over 140,300 acres burned around Washington state. That's the fewest number of acres…
At the Williams Lake Fire, 11 miles southeast of Cheney, firefighters continue to make progress on containment.
Washington state leaders are working on a plan that would make sure the Evergreen State stays that way.
The announcement is scheduled to come out at 10 a.m.
Last year, fires that started on Labor Day weekend accounted for more than 70 percent of all acres burned in 2020.
In a letter sent Monday, Hilary Franz called on the federal Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to require their firefighters to be vaccinated.
Wildfires continue to ravage our region, and with another heat wave moving in, there's a lot to be concerned about across the Inland Northwest.
Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz will visit the site of the Sherwood Fire in Wellpinit Wednesday morning.
All Department of Natural Resources-managed lands east of the Cascades will been temporarily closed due to extreme fire danger in Eastern Washington.
Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz will visit the site of the Red Apple Fire in Wenatchee Tuesday morning.
“This Fourth of July, ignite a spark on Tinder.. don’t ignite sparks on tinder.”
A statewide burn ban has been issued for all forest lands under the Department of Natural Resources’ fire protection ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
The Washington Department of Natural Resources hopes to add the world's largest firefighting aircraft to its arsenal.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — After yet another year of catastrophic wildfires in Washington state, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is once again proposing that the state create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight the fires. A similar attempt…
MALDEN, Wash. --The City of Malden has a brand new fire engine. Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz helped deliver the truck to the city on Thursday, months after a devastating wildfire took out the town. The town's fire truck…
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources will deliver a new fire engine to the city of Malden on Thursday.
Our blue skies are back and the smoke is gone but Washington is still reeling from one of its worst wildfire seasons last month.
A one-year-old child was killed as his family tried to flee from the Cold Springs Fire.
Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz will visit Malden on Wednesday, just two days after a wildfire ripped through and destroyed most of the town.
6 p.m. at the Northwest Musuem of Arts and Culture is the time and place you need to know if you are interested in learning more about wildfire preparedness and forest health.
