Between July 4 and 5, the Pierce County Fire Prevention Bureau responded to four major fires tied to improper fireworks use.

Okanogan County has issued a countywide burn ban starting Friday (July 11). The ban prohibits all outdoor burning of combustible materials including campfires, recreational fires, charcoal barbecues, ...

As the Pacific Northwest reaches the middle of the summer months, numerous cities and counties in Oregon and Washington have burn bans in place in an effort to reduce the risk of wildfires ...

As of July 3, all land clearing and residential burning in Clark County is banned until further notice. The county’s fire ...

A woman can do nothing but watch in horror as a house is carried away by raging flood waters. It happened in the mountainous town of Ruidoso, in southern New Mexico, where heavy rains caused flash ...

The mountain village of Ruidoso returned to the grim rituals of rebuilding after flash flooding and a deadly natural disaster, just one year after wildfire and intense ...

Thurston County commissioners recently approved a temporary ban on residential yard waste burning and all land clearing burns in unincorporated areas of Thurston County, a news release from the ...

Pasco, Wash. - Following a record-breaking night of fireworks-related incidents in Pasco on July 4, city officials are ...

The Dewey County Commission made a change in a proposed open burn ban ordinance, voted to advertise for sale three pieces of property and a 2019 vehicle, and to call for bids for crushing 50,000 tons ...

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship champion and actor Randy Couture was airlifted to a burn center after a crash at a ...

Firework misuse over the Fourth of July weekend caused $207,000 in damages across unincorporated Pierce County.

Officials said three deaths resulted from the floods on July 5 in Williamson County. The county is now focusing on standing ...