With more than 8,000 wildfires reported across the nation so far this year – more than 2,000 above average – the USA's fire season is already off to a fast and catastrophic start. Looking ahead, fire ...

It's only June, but the outlook is grim for this year's fire season. Much of the Northwest is in drought. Idaho's snowpack has melted faster, brush has been drier and temperatures have been higher ...

U.S. Bureau of Land Management fire management officer for Oregon and Washington Jeff Fedrizzi, left, speaks to U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, during a wildfire briefing in Portland, Ore., on ...

I am hoping we do not have a bad fire season this year, because we Alaskans often rely on the federal government to fly in firefighters and a lot of equipment to help us control wildfires. Have ...