After growing up in a Marine Corps family, Tiege Downes enlisted out of high school. As a Marine in a scout-sniper platoon, he deployed overseas and expected he’d go to college after his active-duty ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Bureau of Land Management Nevada transferred five wildland fire engines to rural and volunteer fire departments across the state, according to an agency news release. “BLM ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wildland fire season is already starting, and fire crews are getting trained up. Thursday, the Albuquerque Metro Wildland Engine Training Academy held a demonstration of ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Deschutes National Forest of the USDA Forest Service said Monday it is now hiring for several seasonal positions, including wildland firefighters and smokejumpers "We are ...