Perry Jacobs News Today

A “larger-than-typical” black bear was found dead near Bladenboro, North Carolina, raising concerns as to what else might be roaming in the dark.

BAKER CITY — A fire sparked by farm equipment on the hottest June day on record in Baker County raced through dry grass and sagebrush in Keating Valley, threatening several homes before crews from multiple agencies, with help from a pair of air tankers, stopped the blaze Tuesday, June 29. “It really took off in 110-degree heat with 20-mile-an-hour winds behind it,” said Buzz Harper, chief of the Keating Rural Fire Protection District. “In that heat and wind it could have bee...