Volunteer fire department in western Blount County warns of possible shutdown

A volunteer fire department that has served western Blount County for generations says it could be forced to suspend ...

Oklahoma City fire crews working three-vehicle wreck along Interstate 35

Oklahoma City firefighters are responding to a three-vehicle wreck involving two tractor-trailers and a pickup along Interstate 35 Thursday afternoon.
Colorado Politics

Colorado’s lack of snow pack hurting outdoor industry; could spell drought conditions this summer

A USDA map showed the average statewide snowpack on Jan. 27 at 58% of the median, lowest Colorado has seen on average since ...

Tired of being frozen? Well, spring is nowhere in sight for these US states

Groundhog Day is coming up on Monday, when the prognosticator of all prognosticators himself will seal America’s fate ...
Family Destinations Guide

The Gorgeous State Park In New York That’s Perfect For Stress-Free Weekend Trips

Located at the western tip of Fire Island in Babylon, this beachfront paradise sits just off Long Island’s southern shore – ...
WTOC-TV

Fire damages 40 rooms at Best Western hotel in Point South

JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - A fire at a Best Western hotel damaged 40 rooms overnight, but all occupants were safely evacuated with no injuries reported, according to Jasper County EMS. Chief Russell ...
KING5

State withdrew trauma therapy three months before Western State patient's body found

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Court records show the state cut off 39-year-old Pavel Kolchick, who’d lived at Washington state-run psychiatric hospitals for 18 years, from recommended trauma therapy three months ...
The Daily Signal

California’s Incompetence After Wildfires Woke a Sleeping Giant

Elaine Culotti is California correspondent for The Daily Signal, In a podcast episode for the upcoming one-year anniversary of the California wildfires, Palisades resident Elaine Culotti lays out the ...
City Journal

Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plants Instead

One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department ...
Indiana Gazette

Ground beef recall for E. coli involves Pa., five western states

Pennsylvania is among the states affected by a recall of some 2,855 pounds of raw ground beef products by Mountain West Food Group LLC of Heyburn, Idaho. In a release issued by the U.S. Department of ...
News Tribune

WA to pay $2.3M after patient fatally strangled at psych facility in Pierce County

A Western State Hospital patient was strangled to death in 2022. The victim’s roommate was charged with murder, but pleaded not guilty due to insanity. The victim’s brother sued the state, which ...
9NEWS

Trump administration denies disaster declarations for wildfires, flooding in Colorado

DENVER — Colorado leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to reconsider the denial of disaster declaration requests the state made to help with recovery from severe flooding and wildfires this ...