More Washington Drought Ahead? NOAA Outlook Points That Way The latest El Niño forecast report is out from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and it looks like the drought will continue into next... Lisa Brooks
As Smoke Clears, Twisp Hotel Welcomes Back Tourists Marcie Sillman talks to Joe Marver, owner of the Twisp River Suites hotel, about how business is doing in the wake of this summer's devastating fire... Allie Ferguson
Firefighters On Okanogan Complex Doing The 'Dirty Work' Todd Mundt speaks with Richard Harvey, a volunteer firefighter working on the Okanogan complex fires. After the "hot, dirty work" on the fire line that... Kate OConnell
Fires Burning, My Husband Fed And Said Goodbye To Our Pigs My husband is telling me to come home. “It’s close,” he says. “How close?” “Within two miles, coming toward us.” Kate OConnell
Behind Washington's Fire Line, Conservationists Begin To Replant Marcie Sillman speaks with Mike Tupper, deputy assistant director for resources and planning at the Bureau of Land Management, about how... Posey Gruener
The Fields On Fire: Northwest Poets On Wildfires Among the three firefighters who lost their lives last month fighting the wildfires in Okanogon was one with a connection to poetry. Tom Zbyszewski, 20,... Elizabeth Austen
His 'Best Ice Cube' Ever: Burned Firefighter Battles On Daniel Lyon, the firefighter severely injured during the deadly Twisp River Fire, is slowly making progress but not out of danger, his doctors said... Ruby de Luna
How Portlanders Are Responding To Oregon Wildfires Marcie Sillman speaks with Sarah Mirk, online editor for Bitch Media, about what Portlanders are doing in response to Oregon's drought. (Hint: not much.) Posey Gruener
'Good' Forest Fires: Should Smokey Bear Retire? David Hyde talks to former firefighter and environmental historian Stephen Pyne, who says we should retire Smokey Bear and light more "good" fires. Allie Ferguson
'A Sad Society': What It's Like For Families Of Fallen Firefighters Marcie Sillman speaks with former wildland firefighter Rob Palmer about his brother Andy Palmer. Andy Palmer died while fighting fires in California in... Posey Gruener
