Smoke from Kansas reaching as far north as South Dakota By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas ranchers eager to prepare their land for cattle grazing have mostly brushed off the plea from state ...
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Kansas Firefighters Battle Wildfires in Barber County
National Guard helicopters helping fight the wildfires MEDICINE LODGE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas National Guard has sent two helicopters to help local firefighters battle wildfires burning about 20-25 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge in Barber County. The UH-60 ...
Read More »Wildfire Risk Leads to Disaster Declaration in Kansas
National Guard placed on alert for air support TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state of Kansas is under a disaster emergency declaration through Saturday because of the risk of wildfires. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the declaration Thursday. Conditions across ...
Read More »Audit Finds Kansas Wildfire Efforts Inadequate
State forest service needs more money TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An audit has found that Kansas doesn’t have money to devote to wildfires. State auditors say state and local officials have had issues coordinating their firefighting efforts. They ...
Read More »Fire Burns 75 Square Miles in Kansas, Colorado
27 fires burning across the state TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials say a fire that crossed the Kansas and Colorado state line burned about 75 square miles of grassland. Kansas Adjutant General’s Department spokeswoman Katie Horner says about ...
Read More »Deadly Wildfires Endure in Southwest U.S
Homes have been swallowed by the fires By KEN MILLER, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Frazzled residents in a part of rural northwestern Oklahoma paralyzed by days of wind-whipped wildfires expressed fear a blaze could overrun their ...
Read More »Wind-Whipped Wildfires Destroys Homes, Cause Evacuations
Fires burn across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Firefighters are battling massive wildfires that have destroyed homes and other buildings in parts of Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma. The blazes are fueled by gusting winds, low ...
Read More »Forecasters Warn of Life-Threatening Wildfire Weather
Dangerous conditions in the Southwest and Southern Plains (Associated Press) By KEN MILLER, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters warned of dangerous, life-threatening wildfire conditions in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains on Tuesday as firefighters ...
Read More »Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Face Tornado and Wildfire Threats
States brace for spring disasters By KEN MILLER, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what’s ...
Read More »Forecasters Warns of Fires Across U.S. High Plains
Intensifying drought has resulted in critical fire danger By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The amount of moisture received across the United States’ southern high plains since October has been ridiculously low, and forecasters warned ...
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