The Solano County Board of Supervisors completed a first reading of new fire maps from the California State Fire Marshall in ...

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Private citizens in seven states no longer have a legal path to sue under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, under a ...

Governor Laura Kelly declared a drought emergency for Sedgwick, Reno, and Harvey counties, and encouraged Kansans to reduce ...

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come under bipartisan criticism over his agency’s actions to cancel ...

The federal government is ending its tracking of billion-dollar weather disasters, a resource that documented 27 such events last year alone, as Lake Mead and other regions continue facing drought.

The Trump administration canceled $450 million in grants to Harvard, in addition to $2.2 billion it had already frozen. A ...

Dr. Andrew Hazelton, a former Hurricane Hunter who lost his job earlier in the layoffs, told The Independent on Wednesday ...

As House Republicans seek ways to pay for President Donald Trump’s budget priorities, they are eyeing cuts to federal clean energy and electric vehicle tax incentives.

The Camp House Fire is nearly 12,000 acres; Jenkins Creek Fire is 6,800 acres; and Munger Shaw Fire is 1,300 acres. All are zero percent contained.

Authorities set a "go" status for the communities of South Fork and North Woods May 13, 2025, after a fire started on private ...

Arizona's wildfire season typically peaks between April and July and could get more heated as vegetation dries out. Here's where fires are burning.