Conditions changed quickly at the end of August. A combination of lightning-sparked wildfires, hot and dry weather, and light ...

As Fire season wraps up we spoke to the Washington DNR to take stock of this season and learn if anymore fires are in store ...

The Bear Gulch Fire has dropped from 13% to 10% contained as the fire continues to spread across Mason County. Although there has been a drop in containment, Bear Gulch Fire Information says that it ...

An image from a state DNR webcam shows a plume of smoke growing at the Bear Gulch fire in Olympic National Park on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. A recent heat wave is expected to increase fire behavior over ...

Officials in Washington State are demanding to know why federal agents arrested two firefighters working to battle the raging Bear Gulch blaze on the state’s Olympic Peninsula. U.S. Customs and Border ...

LAKE CUSHMAN, Mason County — Chain saw. Gas can. Pulaski ax. Pack. The gear clanged onto the boat one by one as the Zigzag Hotshots prepared to ferry into the smoke Thursday. This firefighting team ...

News broke earlier this week that Border Patrol agents had arrested two firefighters at the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula. Now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is criticizing media ...

The Department of Homeland Security has some explaining to do, following the arrests last week of two firefighters working at the 9,000-plus-acre Bear Gulch fire. Still unanswered is why, during a ...

Poor air quality stemming from the ongoing Bear Gulch Fire burning above Lake Cushman in Olympic National Forest resulted in North Mason High School postponing its home football game Friday night ...

The Bear Gulch Fire has burned 8,500 acres in the Olympic National Forest and Park. Firefighting crews are facing a heat wave, which is expected to increase fire behavior. There’s a heat advisory and ...