NW Wildfires

Colville Tribes Call for Donations and Volunteers as 2 Massive Fires Scorch 600 Square Miles

ICTMN Staff

9/15/15

Two fires totaling 382,815 acres, or nearly 600 square miles, continue to ravage the Colville Reservation in Washington State, with one of them just 45 percent contained...

‘Entire Neighborhoods Turned to Ash’: Wildfire Sweeps Over Two Counties, Woman Killed

Richard Walker

9/15/15

The nightmare moved through Middletown, California with the speed of a train and the roar of a tornado...

Wildfires in Northwestern Indian Country Show Improvement

Jack McNeel

9/2/15

Fires throughout the inland northwest on Indian reservations have mostly slowed their progress of recent weeks...

Breathing Fire: What Are Health Risks From Recent Wildfires?

Jack McNeel

8/31/15

Forest fires obviously present grave dangers to those men and women working on the fire lines...

‘Can’t Breathe, Can’t See’: Struggling to Live Through Wildfires

Jack McNeel

8/28/15

The impact of wildfires lasts well beyond the time when the last ember is extinguished. Communities are affected, as are individuals and industries...

Wildfires Rage On, Fire Departments Running Out of Men

Jack McNeel

8/27/15

Fires on Idaho’s Nez Perce Reservation have subsided and are reported to be in “mop-up phase.” Such is not the case farther west, on the Colville and Yakama reservations...

Evacuations Ordered, Northwest Looks to Sky for Relief From Wildfires

Richard Walker

8/27/15

Twelve months ago, when fire burned more than 26,000 acres on the Colville Reservation and forced the evacuation of dozens of residents, firefighters got some much-needed help in t...

Wildfires Scorching Northwest, Including Tribal Lands

Jack McNeel

8/25/15

Smoky skies cover much of the northwest due to numerous wildfires, prompting a Spokane TV weatherman on August 21 to comment that he had never seen smoke so bad in Spokane during h...

Wildfires Scorch More Than 500 Square Miles on Reservations in Northwest

ICTMN Staff

8/22/15

The Colville and Warm Springs Indian reservations, as well as the Yakama Nation, are all battling vicious wildfires sweeping across hundreds of square miles of the Northwest...