BLACK HILLS, S.D. - With a decent amount of precipitation over the past couple of weeks, the Black Hills region has seen favorable conditions leading into peak wildfire season.
A holiday-season snowstorm is expected for Campbell County and Gillette, lasting throughout Thanksgiving Day and bringing cold temperatures through the weekend.
Members of the incident management team working on the Ridge Creek Fire spoke Sunday to hundreds of local citizens, many attending a community meeting in Athol in person and others viewing and asking questions via a livestream on the U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ Facebook page.