David Hammett, a former Pinkerton strikebreaker-turned-writer, modeled the fictional town of Poisonville on Butte, calling it an “ugly city of forty thousand people set in an ugly notch between two ...

Some of the jobs roped into the American Climate Corps have funding locked down for much of Trump’s term. Zampaglione’s program, the Forest Corps, has $15 million in funding from the U.S. Forest ...

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People weren’t the only ones fleeing fast-moving flames and hot embers as deadly wildfires burned down entire neighborhoods ...

Over in Colorado, ski patrollers from Eldora and Loveland resorts demonstrated outside Vail’s headquarters in Broomfield, ...

Key takeaways from our investigation revealing how expensive properties use a system meant to help farmers and ranchers.

When wind-driven embers sent flames ripping through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, firefighters and residents began noticing ...

Eddie Herrera, a formerly incarcerated firefighter, talks about the job and how he sees what’s happening in Los Angeles.

The Quivira Mine cleanup is part of the 2014 Tronox settlement, which provided $5.15 billion to clean up contaminated sites across the United States. The settlement allocated $1 billion of those funds ...

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter opens up a hydrant in an effort to put out a burning apartment complex caused by the rapidly spreading Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades neighborhood ...

Bipartisan support for the act highlights the outdoor industry’s growing political clout, but questions remain about its cultural and environmental impact.