3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (245+ words) Published 11:30 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Wildland Fire Service plan to conduct aerial herbicide treatments across about 27,135 acres of rangeland in south-central Idaho starting in the second week of September. Reducing wildfire risk and increasing land…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (804+ words) Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Above-normal potential for large wildfires is expected to persist this month in most of the Northwest, far northern California and central and southern Idaho, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s September-December outlook. Next month, normal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (877+ words) Published 3:00 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 The risk of sizable wildfires in southwest Idaho remains above normal due to persistent drought, critically low moisture in both live and dead fuels, and a big crop of fully cured fine fuels such as grasses,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (941+ words) Published 8:44 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Retired cattle rancher Rod Haeberle recently counted nine fires within 20 miles of his home in north-central Washington. All summer, he looks outside and sees smoke instead of his neighbor. Haeberle, 77, said that over the past four…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (481+ words) Published 11:20 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 The Trump administration has proposed repealing the U.S. Forest Service’s roadless rule, arguing the 25-year-old regulation has turned national forests in the West into fire hazards. The rule generally prohibits road construction and logging on 45 million acres,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (886+ words) Published 8:00 am Tuesday, August 18, 2026 U.S. wildfire officials on Aug. 16 received reports of 92 new fires nationwide including four large incidents, according to the National Interagency Fire Center’s Aug. 17 National Fire News report. Fires of at least 100 acres in timber and 300 in grassland…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (364+ words) Published 1:30 pm Monday, August 10, 2026 Wildfires prompted evacuation alerts around the Eastern Washington towns of Malden, Rosalia and Colfax Aug. 8. Evacuation orders were later reduced to lower levels Aug 9. The Wells Road Fire is about 1,812 acres, located about 5 miles west of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (728+ words) Published 3:11 pm Thursday, August 6, 2026 By Craig Reed/For the Capital Press An estimated 100 tons of grass hay from Douglas County, Ore., was hauled over the Cascade Mountains on Aug. 1 and arrived in Harney County where wildfires have destroyed hay stacks,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (860+ words) Published 2:46 pm Tuesday, August 4, 2026 A timber industry group alleges the Grasshopper Fire in Oregon is burning through forests slated for hazardous fuels reduction that was delayed by environmental litigation. But the environmental organization responsible for the lawsuit claims it hasn’t…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (499+ words) Published 7:57 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 It’s too early to tell the agricultural impacts of three wildfires around Spokane, an emergency management spokesman said. The Old Trails Fire, Fairview Fire and Autumn Lane fires began Aug. 1 and are 0% contained, affecting more than…...