For the second year in a row, Okanogan County Fire District 6 had its busiest year ever, according to the district’s 2025 Annual Report. District 6 commissioners heard a summary of the report from ...

New UBC Okanagan research shows that wildfire can change how much water remains in streams during the driest months of the year. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Derek Leippi was convicted this week of interfering with helicopter involved in firefighting efforts when he flew a drone in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A late-night lightning storm on Saturday, Sept. 6, started three small wildfires across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, ...

A motorhome collided with a tree and burst into flames along Highway 97 in British Columbia's Okanagan region Tuesday night, sparking a wildfire that forced the evacuation of nearly 60 homes in ...

An Okanagan MLA is urging the provincial government to take steps needed to restore water and other essential services to the Lake Okanagan Resort, two and a half years after the McDougall Creek wildf ...

Fears of a wildfire devastating a drinking water source for up to 80,000 people in the North Okanagan are bringing local ...

WENATCHEE, Wash. -- If you're living in or traveling through central Washington this fall, you may notice some smoky skies. Starting October 16, fire officials will conduct prescribed burns throughout ...

How wildfires spread is more variable and unpredictable than Canada’s standard models assume, new research from UBC Okanagan data scientists shows. Ladan Tazik, lead author of a new study in Fire and ...

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will soon begin prescribed burns in Okanagan County wildlife areas. Through the remainder of October and throughout November, ...

We’re thinning forests to remove overgrowth and reduce the chance of deadly crown fires. We’re collaborating with federal agencies on projects like the firebreak that saved Cle Elum. And we are ...