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  As Washington's wildfire season winds down, state officials take stock

  With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season.

  • Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard
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  Staff shortages pull Forest Service office workers into fire roles

  After a slew of firings and deferred resignations last winter, U.S. Forest Service employees who are normally in the office — like wildlife biologists or hydrologists — have jumped in to help with fire information.

  • Lauren Paterson / NWPB
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  Hit back or leave it alone? Canadians respond to new Trump tariffs

  No deal is better than a bad deal. That appears to be the consensus among political and business leaders in Canada, after President Donald Trump applied new tariffs on Canadian imports that aren't covered by a 2018 free trade deal. While other countries rushed to make trade deals, Canadian leaders determined they could not agree to one — yet. To catch up with how all of this is being processed in British Columbia, and some other topics, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Vancouver-based journalist Michelle Eliot, who hosts the CBC weekday call in program BC Today.

  • John O'Brien
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  As air quality worsens, UW scientist focuses on effects of wildfire smoke

  It’s been a relatively quiet wildfire season so far in the Pacific Northwest, with not much in the way of large fires or widespread smoke pollution — yet. But a recent study found that more frequent wildfires have been erasing air quality gains in the United States.

  • John O'Brien
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  States denied disaster aid as FEMA safety net begins to shrink

  In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump turned down half the requests for major disaster aid that crossed his desk. Previous presidents had approved the vast majority of governors’ pleas for help after disasters struck, a KUOW investigation has learned.

  • John Ryan
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  Wildfire experts in Washington state warn of fallout from Trump’s Forest Service cuts

  President Donald Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer.

  • Patricia Murphy
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  Love letter from Altadena: KUOW host revisits hometown in wake of LA fires

  I've never felt so nervous while flying back to my hometown in Southern California. I also feel a sense of urgency among other passengers as we come in for a landing at Burbank International Airport. Everyone's peering through what sliver of airplane-window they can find before we touch down. We all look like meerkats.

  • Angela King
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  Woof! Hundreds more dogs from LA area need Seattle homes

  Seattle Humane is once again taking in dogs from the Los Angeles area, where the state is still battling devastating fires.

  • Katie Campbell
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  How do the Los Angeles fires compare to the Great Seattle Fire? We mapped it out

  The Palisades and Eaton fires have burned over 37,830 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. That’s a burn area 300 times larger than that of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.

  • Teo Popescu
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  Disaster aid for Los Angeles could soon be on the way from King County

  King County officials have approved a plan to send disaster relief to communities impacted by fires in the Los Angeles area.

  • Noel Gasca

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