• Wildfire burns 60 acres near Lindenhurst neighborhoods as firefighters work for nearly 2 hours to contain it

    Over a dozen fire departments were called to extinguish a wind-fueled wildfire that burned around 60 acres of land near two Lindenhurst neighborhoods Sunday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 12:10 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of Prairie Ridge Circle in Lindenhurst for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters arrived […]

  • Wildfires burn out of control in Riley, Pottawatomie Counties

    RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) -- Residents in part of Riley County are being asked to evacuate the area immediately. The Riley County Police Department is warning residents on Halls Ravine Road east of the county line, as well residents on Bjoring Road north of the county line, to evacuate due to an uncontained wildfire, according to []

  • Wildfire burns near popular Spanish coast as temperatures reach abnormal highs for April

    The fire began yesterday near the town of Tarbena, which is around a half hour’s drive from Benidorm and one hour from Alicante.

  • 'It's environmental racism': Monterey County sued over farm chemicals near mostly Latino schools

    For Nelly Vaquera-Boggs, the plastic tarps that cover strawberry fields in Monterey County when they are being fumigated with toxic chemicals offer little comfort — especially when those fields are close to schools. The tarps, she said, sometimes come loose in the wind. They can get holes. And in the small farm towns of the Pajaro Valley, where schoolyards often abut agricultural land, Vaquera-Boggs worries that — tarps or no tarps — those pesticides are drifting beyond the fields and...

  • Potential college closure in Lackawanna County

    LA PLUME, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A college campus in Northeastern Pennsylvania is putting a plan together for its students over the possibility it might close. It all began when Keystone College's partnership agreement with a non-profit organization was terminated last month. 28/22 News reporter Gianna Galli spoke with a student about the potential closure. Keystone []

  • Wildfire nearly contained in Pottawatomie Co.

    TOPEKA (KSNT) - A fire that's scorched thousands of acres in Riley and Pottawatomie Counties is almost contained. Pottawatomie County Public Information Officer Becky Ryan says there was no reported injuries to livestock or people and no structures were damaged in the county. She said Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes is reporting the fire is now []

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    Homes evacuated for wildfire in Riley County

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A fire response team from Sedgwick County was sent into northern Kansas on Sunday to help with fast-moving wildfires. A fire in northern Riley County forced the evacuation of more than

  • Early drought brings wildfire potential this summer

    Drought has arrived early to the Hawaiian Isles, signaling a potentially fiery summer of wildfires.

  • Wildfire forces home evacuations in Riley County

    RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - Riley County officials warn a wildfire is "burning and spreading aggressively" Saturday afternoon. The Riley County government issued a press release April 6 informing locals of a large wildfire in the northern part of the county. Two homes have been evacuated with 11 more facing possible evacuations Saturday. Riley County Public []

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    US preparing for potentially 'significant' Iran attack

    The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard escalated threats for an airstrike that killed seven of the group’s members, including two Iranian generals, earlier this week.

  • Controlled burns in Klamath and Lake counties starting this month

    Spring prescribed burning in the Fremont-Winema National Forest is expected to start this month. According to the Forest Service, crews will be targeting approximately 20,000 acres across Klamath and Lake counties. Prescribed burning is completed to reduce wildfire risk to nearby communities. The Forest Service says it, “reintroduces and maintains fire within our fire-dependent ecosystem […]

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    Sedgwick County Zoo prepares for elephant baby boom

    The Sedgwick County Zoo has announced that a fifth female elephant in the Zoo’s herd is pregnant. All of the herd’s females are now expecting, except for Stephanie, who is past the birthing age. Simunye, the mother