Peak Fire News Today

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from buffalo, new york. good evening from buffalo. a still proud but deeply wounded community asking tonight, why us. why a teenager traveled hundreds of miles to this city, to this block, to this grocery store to allegedly seek out black people to kill today we learn the gun attack that killed ten and injured three may not have gone entirely as planned police believe the shooter, pumped up on false and racis...

leave after living for weeks under the citys strict lockdown. >> russia is seeing red over finlands announcement that it plans to apply for nato membership. former president dmitri medvedev said russia would seriously strengthen ground, naval and air defenses on its western border. they are calling finlands decision a radical change in policy as well as a treaty violation. finland declared neutrality at the end of world war ii. but the brutality of putins war in ukraine has left many f...

Victims of the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak Fire had the chance to share their heartbreak with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Thursday.

Forest rangers are using infrared technology to detect residual heat from pile burns, helping them to identify hotspots and prepare for wildfire season.

Forest rangers are using infrared technology to detect residual heat from pile burns, helping them to identify hotspots and prepare for wildfire season.

Last Saturday, on the second anniversary of the Hermit’s Peak Fire, 68 community organizers from San Miguel and Mora Counties, Albuquerque, and beyond, gathered on the United World College campus

Recovery from the state’s most destructive wildfire is complicated by high tensions between residents and the party responsible — the United States Forest Service

Recovery from the wildfire is complicated by high tensions between residents and the party responsible — the United States Forest Service

According to the BLM, 2022s Becky Peak Fire burned 5,989 acres of public land about 50 miles north of Ely. That year, the Kinsley Fire charred 3,209 acres of BLM-managed lands about 60 miles northeast of Ely.

State public health officials will create a program to address wildfire smoke hazards after receiving a $1.9 million grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The federal money will go to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials to do outreach, education and training for people in communities across the state. Smoke from wildfires is especially harmful to people with asthma, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and other pre-existing condi...