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Most students who attend public elementary schools in Alaska spend their days learning indoors, but one Juneau teacher is making sure his students have at least a little time with Mother Nature.  

Strong rains unleashed flooding and mudslides in Southern California on Sunday, killing one and stranding thousands.

One half of one of the most influential duos in rock ‘n’ roll history has died.

The Rim wildfire that began three weeks ago today is now 80 percent contained, officials say, but it has burned more than a quarter of a million acres, and it may continue to grow, thanks to low humidity and other conditions.

Forest Service’s Tom Tidwell says rising fire suppression costs are affecting other program budgets

As a blaze that’s already burned more than 23,000 acres draws within about two miles of Palm Springs, Calif., officials are saying it’s atop the U.S. Forest Service’s list of wildfires that need to be fought.

About 6,000 people in California have been ordered out of their homes by authorities worried that a wildfire is quickly moving toward a more populous area southeast of Los Angeles.

Writer and photojournalist Michael Kodas has been documenting firefighting and firefighters for more than a decade. His current book project, Megafire, an examination of the new world faced by firefighters, will be released in 2014.

It may seem like wildfire Armageddon out there, given the tragic deaths of 24 wildland firefighters this year, more than 800 homes and businesses burned to the ground, nearly 1.6 million acres scorched and over 23,000 blazes requiring suppression.

Wildfires in California and New Mexico forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes Saturday evening.