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    Central Oregon Wildfire School returns, teaching crucial skills for firefighters ahead of another busy fire season

    SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- For the next several days, Central Oregon Fire Management Service is once again partnering with structural firefighting departments around the region to provide an immersive scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to increase firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire

  • Kiwanis gearing up for another season

    The Greater Madera Kiwanis Club has planned a couple of big events, which are both coming up soon. The Madera Tribune met with Rohi Zacharia, who offered information on their upcoming events.The 21st annual Mother’s Day Run will be on May 12 at Woodward Park in Fresno. There are some options to the traditional 10K run. They have added a 5K run, a 2-mile run/walk, and a kids dash, which is less than quarter mile. Details can be found on their website at greaterkiwanis.com.

  • Joseph Woll has another opportunity to save the Maple Leafs’ season

    TORONTO — With their season on the line, Sheldon Keefe and the have a decision to make. Down 3-1 in their first-round series against the , who will start in goal in a must-win Game 5: , who started all four games but was pulled in the second intermission of Game 4? Or , who replaced Samsonov? Advertisement It’s a decision that could help the Leafs claw back into the series. And it’s a decision Keefe might have already made. “Special teams and goaltending are two areas that we have to be better...

  • Speedway 95 and other Maine auto racing tracks ready for season

    Speedway 95 in Hermon, which opened in 1966, will kick off its auto racing season at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

  • Cubs' Jameson Taillon ready for season debut vs. Marlins

    Right-hander Jameson Taillon will hope Chicago feels more like home when he makes his season debut on Thursday in the opener of a four-game set between the Cubs and the visiting Miami Marlins. After a strong season with the New York Yankees in 2022, Taillon signed with Chicago ahead of the 2023 campaign, but he never really found his footing last year. Taillon went 8-10 with a 4.84 ERA in 30 appearances for the Cubs, with nine of his 29 starts being deemed as quality. He went 4-6 with a 4.62...

  • Smoky Skies: Wildfires Burning In Canada Could Affect Air Quality In Northeast Again

    Smoke from wildfires burning across Canada could once again significantly affect air quality in the Northeast this year, according to a brand-new report. AccuWeather long-range forecasters say the 2024 wildfire season is expected to start in June and peak in September. Wildfires in Canada broke records last year, with 45.7 million acres of land burned.  AccuWeather's lead long-range forecaster, Paul Pastelok, predicts a near-to-above-historical average number of fires in Canada this year, but...

  • Q&A: B.C.'s 2024 wildfire season has started—here's what to know

    Last year's wildfire season marked B.C.'s most destructive on record: 2.8 million hectares burned, more than double any previous year. UBC researchers Dr. Lori Daniels and Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais actively work on projects enhancing wildfire resilience, collaborating with community, government, private-sector and academic partners, and First Nations.

  • NPR’s Peter Sagal is ready for another 25 years of irreverence

    The host of "Wait, WaitDon't Tell Me!" shares some of his favorite moments from the show's 25 years ahead of an event in Houston May 3.

  • Apple gives For All Mankind another season and a Soviet spin-off, Star City

    Great news for dads and dads at heart: For All Mankind is returning for another season. The alt-history series from Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, which is being called a “hit” by Apple TV+’s publicity department, will blast off for another season of soviet espionage, interplanetary union drives, and some of the best old-age makeup Apple can buy. The renewal comes roughly four months after the show’s fourth season wrapped, so it doesn’t seem like Apple was too eager to give it...

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    Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner

    LeBron James has 30 points, but Murray scores a game-high 32 and sinks the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs take Game 5, 108-106, and oust the Lakers for a second straight year.

  • Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner

    LeBron James has 30 points, but Murray scores a game-high 32 and sinks the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs take Game 5, 108-106, and oust the Lakers for a second straight year.