Politics Feb 24 WATCH: Woman is forcibly removed from Idaho town hall meeting by plainclothes security workers The incident Saturday at Coeur d'Alene High School, first reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press, drew widespread attention after videos of the turbulence were posted online.
Nation Jan 29 Emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during LA wildfires When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.
Nation Jan 18 Homes were burning and roads jammed before evacuation order for Palisades Fire, AP finds The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning, according to an Associated Press analysis of emergency communications and…
Nation Jul 29 Improving weather helps California firefighters make progress against devastating wildfires About 2,000 people were ordered to evacuate because of a fire sweeping through Southern California's Sequoia National Forest.
Nation Jul 27 California’s largest active wildfire explodes in size as multiple fires rage across Western states Thousands of firefighters were battling a wildfire in northern California on Saturday that exploded in size, scorching an area about the size of Los Angeles — one of several blazes tearing through the western United States and Canada amid dry, hot and…
Nation Jul 26 Firefighting pilot killed in tanker plane crash in Oregon as Western wildfires spread Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, and a pilot was found dead in a crashed tanker plane that disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many fires spreading across several…
Nation Jul 25 Wildfires prompt California evacuations as crews battle fires in Oregon, Idaho Evacuations were ordered in California's Butte and Tehama counties as crews battled a fire reported near Chico just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Nation Jul 06 More records expected to shatter as heat continues to blanket 130 million across the U.S. Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters…
Politics Apr 23 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho abortion ban Supreme Court justices raised questions Wednesday about whether state bans on abortions during medical emergencies conflict with federal health care law after the sweeping ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Nation Apr 17 Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for unprecedented blazes When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their fire engines.