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Thousands of residents in three communities near Denver were ordered to evacuate Thursday as wind-fueled wildfires engulfed parts of the area, scorching hundreds of homes and buildings.

Air quality monitoring by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in 2020 detected elevated levels of chemicals known to cause cancer. A new agency analysis suggests these compounds could be connected to wildfire smoke.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection last updated its fire hazard severity zone maps in 2007, well before recent record-breaking megafires swept across California.

Recent atmospheric research may help Northwest forest managers better prepare for wildfires.

After several years of increasingly brutal fire seasons, California’s wildland firefighters are stressed and exhausted. A bipartisan group of state legislators wants to fund a major expansion of their ranks.

California lawmakers held an oversight hearing Tuesday to discuss catastrophic wildfires and how the state plans to spend this year’s record-setting investment to prevent them.

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the nation’s worker health and safety efforts largely failed in his previous job to enforce protections for California outdoor workers exposed to toxic wildfire smoke. That’s according to an investigation by KQED and The California Newsroom.

As winter rains approach, the risk of flooding is increasing in California and Oregon.

The U. S. House of Representatives just passed President Biden’s massive $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act. While the bill would fund lots of programs, it includes unprecedented investments in wildfire mitigation and forest restoration.

A motel and RV park in Klamath County has been transformed into transitional housing for people in need. The initiative is known as Project Turnkey and it opened this week.

We need more controlled fires in forests. That’s one lesson from a program wrapping up this month in rural Northern California, where participants are learning to manage landscapes with fire.

Recent rain and wind across Western Oregon provide an early fall warning that winter weather is coming. And with it, could come a hazard we really haven’t had to deal with before: flash flooding.