On March 15, 2025, Sgt. Joe Harris, one of the last surviving members of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, known as the ...

On Aug. 4, 1961, 20 smokejumpers on Higgins Ridge narrowly escaped the fiery deaths that 12 smokejumpers and a Forest Service fire guard couldn’t at Mann Gulch north of Helena on Aug. 5, 1949.

The Hilltop Fire has been declared 100% contained as of 8 p.m. Saturday, and evacuation orders have been lifted, according to ...

According to Central Oregon Fire Management, crews made substantial progress Wednesday on the more than 3,200-acre Alder ...

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state from Preparedness Level 3 to Preparedness Level 4 out of 5 as ...

Kendrick, the manager of the U.S. Forest Service's Missoula Smokejumper Base for the last five years, has accepted a 120-day detail to serve as the acting district ranger for the Lincoln Ranger ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A smokejumper for Custer Gallatin National Forest was injured during a training exercise when strong winds from an incoming thunderstorm blew a smokejumper off course ...

An American Airlines flight bound for Dallas in March experienced an engine fire due to loose parts installed in the wrong direction and fuel leaks, an NTSB investigation revealed on Thursday.