Conrad has been with the department for nearly 50 years. He described the current drought as the worst he has seen.

Lincoln County joins a growing list of West Virginia counties imposing a burning ban amid drought conditions.The ban will ...

Dense Fog Advisory was issued earlier this morning for the northern and western half of central Indiana. There were locations ...

At a monthly commission meeting, the Kanawha County Commission instituted a burn ban, on Sept. 19, 2024, as the whole county ...

The state fire marshal first issued a burn ban Sept. 6 for much of southeastern Ohio, including some areas adjacent to Columbus, that has been most adversely affected by the drought. The ban was ...

Extremely dry weather and record drought conditions have led to a large increase in brush fires across the country.

Another county is joining in on the growing list enacting a burning bans. Lincoln County Commissioners enacted the ban on ...

The Butler County Fire Chiefs Association issued an open burn ban Friday evening. This makes Butler Co. the ninth county in ...

Due to prolonged drought conditions, the Ohio State Fire Marshall added the southwestern Ohio county to its open burn ban on ...

Under the order, if any part of a county is identified by NOAA and the USDA as being in the “Extreme Drought” or “Exceptional Drought” categories, the entire county is included in the burn ban. “I ...

A professor in ag safety and health at Ohio State is warning farmers about the increased dangers during harvest amid drought ...

The Forest Service currently manages roughly a quarter of the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests as old-growth. Environmental ...