Two Colorado Democrats are urging renewed bipartisan support for legislation that would seek to improve working conditions ...

One fired employee who worked in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest told The Seattle Times he has taken a new job as a ...

In some cases, the new, permanent pay scale for federal wildland firefighters will give frontline employees a more than 30% pay raise.

When Mikaela Balkind trained to become a wildland firefighter, she knew she was signing up for a physically- and ...

A 91-year-old smokejumper who completed an impressive 333 missions over a three-decade career was honored in the wildland ...

Wildland firefighters will keep a 4-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but ...

SEATTLE — (AP) — Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worker firings will ...

Wildland firefighters and advocacy groups representing ... Godfrey said the policy change resulted in immediate action for firefighters with new claims. But in the early days of the Trump ...

"He’s the head of the forestry department, and we had a horrible, horrible wildfire," the governor said Wednesday of Mark ...

Varney, who has also worked as a wildland firefighter, said bringing more ... We scrutinize solutions and inspire action. Donations from readers like you fund every aspect of what we do.

Credit: Sheila Lockwood / Noozhawk photo Jorge Hurtado, a wildland firefighter and local author, has developed a children’s book series designed to educate kids on fire safety and the various ...