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Congress gives the go-ahead on another round of disaster relief funding

Nearly $600 million to be used specifically to pay back the costs of fighting 2017 fires

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prevent Western wildfires

WASHINGTON – As wildfires rage across California and the West, Democratic and Republican senators have joined forces to help rural communities better prepare for and prevent catastrophic wil...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wildfires worsen housing crunch in famously costly Bay Area

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Even before fire wiped out the home she rented for 17 years, Suzanne Finzell had thought about leaving this city on the edge of the San Francisco Bay Area because of ris...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Californians head back home to altered lives, communities

PETALUMA, Calif. – Some have lost loved ones. Many have survived near-death experiences. Others have lost their homes and a lifetime of possessions. A week after fleeing raging wi...

DATE: Oct 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Better weather gives leg up to crews on California wildfires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – The winds eased, some of the smoke began to clear and the forecast Monday offered a tantalizing chance of rain to firefighters trying to corral the blazes that have laid...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Portugal wildfires kill at least 35; 4 dead in Spain

LISBON, Portugal – Late season wildfires that broke out over the weekend in Portugal have killed at least 35 people, including a 1-month-old infant, authorities said Monday, making 2017 by f...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., states struggle to pay spiraling cost of fighting fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The long and brutal 2017 wildfire season is stressing the state and federal agencies that have to pay for the army of ground crews and machinery required to fight them. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

California firefighters say their ‘gaining upper hand’

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – With the winds dying down, fire officials said Sunday they have apparently “turned a corner” against the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and other...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hopes and plans destroyed overnight by deadly wildfires

SONOMA, Calif. – It was just another Sunday night. Sure, the wind was kicking up, but for hundreds of thousands of people in California’s wine country, their minds were on the week ahead: sc...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Emergency alerts draw complaints in fast-moving wildfires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – The story is repeated again and again: The dead of night, no warning, then panic after realizing the smoke and flames were approaching. Fleeing residents from...

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Killer wildfires continue to menace California’s wine country

24 dead and hundreds missing

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Winds whip new terror into deadly California wildfires

SONOMA, Calif. – Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number Wednesday as authorities ordered new evacuations and ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.