Wildfire Smoke From Canada Drapes Pacific Northwest in a Haze

By ALAN BLINDER and CHRISTINA CARON August 7, 2017 SEATTLE — Mount Rainier is invisible from this city. The Blue Angels, the Navy’s elite flight demonstration team, flew two weekend shows in chalky, smoky air. Government officials have...

A Fire-Scorched Arizona Pushes Prevention: Step 1, Clean Your Yard

By FERNANDA SANTOS June 30, 2017 PHOENIX — Wildfire season started early here this year. In two months, more than 20 fires have broken out across the bottom half of the state, from its southeastern tip, near New Mexico, to the outskirts of Tucson and...

Burying Their Cattle, Ranchers Call Wildfires ‘Our Hurricane Katrina’

By JACK HEALY March 20, 2017 ASHLAND, Kan. — Death comes with raising cattle: coyotes, blizzards and the inevitable trip to the slaughterhouse and dinner plate. But after 30 years of ranching, Mark and Mary Kaltenbach were not ready for what met them...