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Goats, Llamas, Tortoise: All Are Welcome, Some Are Stressed As Fairgrounds Become Evacuation CentersWidespread wildfires across the Northwest are causing owners to evacuate more than 2,000 pets and livestock into fairgrounds, friends’ properties and even…
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Usually, fire season starts to tamp down in September. This year has been anything but normal. In an unprecedented fire event, at least 80 fires started…
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QUICK LINKS/INFO:-Red Cross: 509-670-5331–Cold Springs Fire Information (InciWeb)–Northwest Large Fires Map–Washington DNR Fire Info (Twitter)–Washington…
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Blaine Vandehey spends his summers rappelling from helicopters into active wildfires. This is his 12th year in the U.S. Forest Service. And he’s worried…
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You might have noticed some smoky skies lately, particularly in the Inland Northwest from the Williams Flats Fire near Grand Coulee Dam. Still, the fire…
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It’s been a relatively quiet summer so far for Northwest wildland firefighters. But after a couple days of lightning storms in eastern and central…
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One hot July afternoon, smoke began to fill the skies in North Central Washington. In the town of Pateros, it was so dark you might think it looked like…
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Updated Friday, July 19, 11 p.m. PTA wildfire continued burning today near the Hanford Nuclear Site on and around the Hanford Reach National Monument. The…
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Homes in one Central Washington city may be a little better protected from wildfires this season, thanks to a herd of goats.In June 2015, the Sleepy…
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At the Hanford Nuclear Site in southeastern Washington, and across the West, winter’s deep snow and a cool spring have produced lots of brush and…