wildfires

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $1 billion dollars in disaster assistance to cover grazing losses from eligible drought and wildfire events in 2023 and 2024.

Local and federal officials in LA say recovery from January's deadly wildfires is on pace to be the fastest in modern California history. Scientists worry that toxic debris isn't getting cleared.

Air quality reached "unhealthy" levels in North Dakota and small swaths of Montana, Minnesota and South Dakota, according to the EPA.

President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration in Oklahoma for historic wildfires and straight-line winds in mid-March. This means federal disaster assistance for recovery efforts is available for areas impacted.

After wildfires burned hundreds of thousands of acres across Oklahoma in March, Gov. Kevin Stitt fired the head of the Oklahoma Forestry Services and floated the concept of dissolving the agency entirely.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses controversial social studies standards surviving a deadline at the State Capitol, Gov. Kevin Stitt appointing a new person to the State Board of Education and more.

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s fight with the state Forestry Services continues, as he purged agency leadership and set up a “working group."

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s quarrel with the Oklahoma Forestry Services continued Monday, with more criticism from the governor, more Forestry Services employees under investigation and more pushback from firefighters.

As Oklahoma recovers from a massive wildfire outbreak in March, the governor has criticized the state Forestry Services’ response, and even mused about disbanding the division. State officials at the Forestry Services and beyond are pushing back.