September 5, 2023, 4:52pm Nation & World
The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded there for days. Read story
September 5, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News
We had a little excitement over the long holiday weekend with a good show of thunderstorms, mainly south of the Columbia River. In southern and western areas of the greater Portland area rainfall amounts varied from a quarter-inch to over 1 inch including marble-size hail. Locally, only sprinkles reached the… Read story
September 4, 2023, 6:03am Latest News
Smoke lingered in the heat as fire Capt. Jeff Wainwright sweltered near Hangman Valley outside Spokane this past June. Baking in his bunker gear on a wildfire assignment, he caught a whiff of himself and realized the smoke was sticking to the open pores of his skin. Read story
September 4, 2023, 6:00am Nation & World
Just before 3 a.m. one night this month, Scott Slumpff was awakened by the ding of a text message. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:14am Clark County News
For Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area residents, each hot and dry season their community isn’t touched by fire seems lucky. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:13am Clark County News
Wildfire mitigation doesn’t begin when suppression crews battle flames racing through a community. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:13am Clark County News
Columbia River Gorge communities aren’t the only ones coming to terms with increasing fire danger in the wildland-urban interface. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:03am Northwest
“The Blob” is back. That swath of warm water in the northeast Pacific Ocean can affect Washington’s weather, ecology and economy. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News
We got a good soaking on that last day of August, with Vancouver officially measuring .59 inch of rain. That brought our final tally to .69 inch. Our average rainfall for August is .52 inch. It was the first month with above-average rainfall since April, when we had over 5… Read story
September 1, 2023, 8:03am Nation & World
Hurricanes and tropical storms are nothing new in the South, but the sheer magnitude of damage from Idalia shocked Desmond Roberson as he toured what as left of his Georgia neighborhood. Read story
