Oregon Fire Damaged More Than 20 Businesses January 4, 2022 Authorities say a fire early Sunday in Hillsboro, Oregon, impacted about 20 to 25 businesses. Shortly after 3 a.m., Hillsboro...
2 Still Missing in Colorado Wildfire; Cause Under Investigation January 4, 2022 By Thomas Peipert Search teams looked for two missing people in the smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire while people who escaped...
Machine Learning Improves Lightning Prediction, Leading to Insight on a Key Wildfire Spark December 29, 2021 Lightning’s destructive potential was showcased in 2020 when it sparked the massive California Lightning Complex fires, but it remains hard...
Major Storm Dumped Snow, Closed Mountain Routes in California December 28, 2021 A major Christmas weekend storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways amid blowing snow in mountains of Northern California...
A Month After Washington Floods, Slow Return to Normal December 21, 2021 Over a month has passed since flooding inundated northwest Washington’s Whatcom County that caused some $50 million in damage. As...
California Attorney Suing Walmart for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste December 21, 2021 California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a statewide lawsuit against Walmart for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste. Bonta was...
Residents of Alaska Town Gather to Remember Landslide Victims December 8, 2021 Residents gathered in Haines to remember the two people killed by a landslide last year. The ceremony, held Saturday, honored...
Evacuation Orders Lifted for Central Colorado Wildfire December 7, 2021 Firefighters made progress containing a 15-acre wildfire in a central Colorado mountain community as authorities lifted evacuation orders Monday for...
California Man Arraigned on 14 Counts of Insurance Fraud in ‘Paper Collision’ Scheme December 6, 2021 Farrukh Hussain, 37, of Eastvale, California, was arraigned on 14 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly stealing consumers’ identities...
M3.0 Earthquake Confirmed in Southern Utah November 30, 2021 A minor earthquake struck parts of southern Utah, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck on Friday morning, had...