Smokejumpers Drop Into Heart Of Fire Country Wildland firefighters come in all forms: There are seasonal workers, Army reservists – and prisoners who fight fires for a few dollars a day. And then... Liz Jones
Smoke Fills Seattle Sky As Okanogan Fire Nears Record Size Smoke from wildfires raging in eastern Washington prompted an air quality warning for the Seattle area. The National Weather Service said Saturday... Gil Aegerter
Firefighters Killed Near Twisp Include Whitman Student And Biologist The three firefighters who were killed Wednesday in the Okanagon Complex fire in north-central Washington have been identified. They are Tom Zbyszewski,... Isolde Raftery
Serving Caffeine And News In Washington's Fire Country Ross Reynolds speaks with Alex Hymer, co-owner of Sweet River Bakery in Pateros, Washington. The bakery is about an hour south of Winthrop and Twisp,... Ross Reynolds
Washington Under Siege By Fire: 'We Are Understaffed And Underequipped' “Everything is tapped out.” Those were the not-so-reassuring words of Peter Goldmark, Washington state lands commissioner. He spoke Thursday with KUOW’s... Liz Jones
'Unprecedented Cataclysm': Wildfire Kills Three Firefighters In Methow Valley Three Forest Service firefighters killed in a wildfire threatening Twisp were in a vehicle accident before flames overran them, state and federal... Deborah Wang
Northwest Wildfires Photographed From Space From space, the West looks like it’s on fire. In Washington state, brown smoke obscures the Cascades in these photos taken by a NASA satellite. Most of... Isolde Raftery
Wildfires Now Attack Damp Land: Preview Ashley Ahearn’s Podcast On NPR This summer, Ashley Ahearn was invited to the other Washington to participate in NPR’s new storytelling lab. She and NPR’s Jeff Brady had two weeks to... KUOW Staff
U.S. Tells Shell It Can Start Arctic Oil Drilling ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The federal government on Monday gave Royal Dutch Shell the final permit it needs to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's... The Associated Press
Washington Skies Have Been Rumbling More This Summer Jeannie Yandel talks to state climatologist Nick Bond about thunder patterns in Washington state. Jeannie Yandel
