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…
SPANGLE, Wash.-- Over the weekend, a house near Spangle came close to burning after a remote control airplane lost control and crashed into…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Inland Northwest has had poor air quality in seven of the last 10 summers due to wildfire smoke, and with all…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- As summer approaches, it's important to consider ways to protect your health during wildfire season. That's why the Spokane Regional Health District gave tips on how to keep your air quality safe ahead of Smoke Ready Week. Smoke…
More than 6740,000 acres burned in Washington last year. Firefighters work hard to put out fires, but another critical resource to help them do their jobs is weather forecasting.
The Wildfire Ready Neighbors Program kicked of its second year in Spokane County on Tuesday in the Four Mound area.
SPOKANE, Wash.-- Cold weather in April and early May has left many rivers running a little below normal lately, which should pay off for the Inland Northwest this summer. Only in the past ten days have water flows over Spokane…
If you saw some smoke in the air today, the Washington Department of Natural Resources started a controlled fire in Stevens County, letting it burn for several hours.
Wildfire season is coming to an end in the Northwest. While there's plenty of mop-up remaining for fire crews this October, wildfire smoke and poor air quality are largely in the rearview until next summer.
The Inland Northwest woke up to a blood-orange sunrise on Thursday thanks to California's largest wildfire. The Dixie Fire made a major run on Wednesday as the weather became hot and windy in the Sierras; destroying the historic town of…
Like it or not, we are in for a long wildfire season, and that means you need to be prepared to deal with smoke blowing in from across the West Coast.
We've been seeing it and saying it for weeks: the fire danger in our region is extremely high. For the town of Nespelem, that danger was at their doorstep. Three fires sparked by lightning spread quickly through the town and surrounding communities Monday night.
North Idaho's fire danger has gone from high to extreme because of the severe drought in the region.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- We are in fire season and power companies are trying to make sure their power lines don't cause a wildfire. However, their efforts could mean more…
Wildfire season is upon us and when a fire breaks out, the smoke it creates can be just as dangerous.
SPOKANE, WA. -- At Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency, they take readings by the hour to measure & determine our air quality. Lisa Woodard, the Manager of Communications & Outreach tells us,…
Malden is still in its early stages of recovering from a devastating wildfire, even 262 days later.
During wildfire season, the Red Cross says it's more important than ever to have these resources and to have a plan.
Wildfires are already sparking across Washington and the state Department of Natural Resources says it's responded to 91 fires this month in a matter of a week.
Thousands of people along the west coast have been evacuated from their homes. They watched their belongings and livelihoods burn to ash.
With warmer weather on the way, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has restricted campfires on department-managed lands in eastern Washington, starting July 1.
As you rid your yard of leftover winter debris, take teps to prepare it for wildfire season.
Idaho will owe about $20 million in firefighting costs for the 2018 wildfire season.
