California animal shelters are overwhelmed by the influx of animals displaced by wildfire evacuations.The Humane Society of Western Montana decided to lend a he

Montana firefighters are headed back home, after volunteering to assist in the effort to get devastating California wildfires under control.Bigfork Fire report

The Bigfork fire crew is on their way back home after assisting in firefighting efforts in Los Angeles. The fires in Los Angeles are mostly contained, allowing

Ten crews from Montana are staged halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles on standby, which is an important role in case new fires break out.

Nearly a dozen Montana fire departments have headed down to the Golden State to help fight wildfires in Los Angeles that have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands of others.

Montana firefighters have been assisting California in their efforts to distinguish the blazes. The Montana DES coordinates the aid to other states, and can accept it to our own.

Missoula, MT ( KGVO-AM News) - Dr. Peter Kolb, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Management at the University of Montana's W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana was on the KGVO Talk Back program this week.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in Mandeville Canyon received an unpleasant notice from their bank: their home equity lines of credit were being slashed. “I was appalled,” Pelton told KTLA 5 News on Thursday. “I thought it was unconscionable what they did. […]

MISSOULA — Dozens of dogs are headed to Montana as a result of the wildfires burning in Southern California. The Humane Society of Western Montana (HSWM) is coordinating the transfer to free up space at shelters that have been inundated by animals displaced due to wildfire evacuations.

Montana's commissioner of securities and insurance sent a letter to California's insurance commissioner offering assistance to help deal with the aftermath of the devastating wildfires.

President Biden in 2022 announced Admiral Linda Fagan as the new commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard making her the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military. President Trump's administration has now fired Fagan.

The Bigfork crew helping fight the blaze will not come at a cost to Montana taxpayers, according to a department Facebook post. All costs will be covered by California. Benitez said to check the department's Facebook page for regular updates. The Palisades ...