Our weekend will also be dominated by poor air quality due to wildfire smoke returning from the Canadian wildfires. Our entire region is under an Air Quality Alert until 9 am Monday ...

Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people ...

Fire behavior to increase due to warmer/drier conditions. Short duration brush and timber crown fires possible. Jacket; minimal fire activity. The fire is expected to remain in its current perimeter.

Wildfires force evacuations at Grand Canyon and Black Canyon of the Gunnison parks The conditions there have been ripe for wildfire with hot temperatures, low humidity, gusty winds and dry ...

Fire behavior to increase due to warmer/drier conditions. Short duration brush and timber crown fires possible. Jacket; minimal fire activity. The fire is expected to remain in its current perimeter.

Officials evacuated Jacob Lake and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was closed to visitors because of the fast-moving White Sage wildfire.

Fire officials said wildfire risk extends beyond rural areas, affecting communities throughout the region and requiring evacuation planning even in urban settings.

More than 50 attendees at landowner field day heard from state and federal wildfire managers about how to mitigate fire risk on their forested properties and how to prepare for a potential evacuation.