fire season

A look at campfire safety tips from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

The Kenai Peninsula got two inches of rain in some places this weekend. That’s in contrast to the historically dry weather that was worrying fire managers statewide earlier this summer. Restrictions on burning have since been lifted.

Fire crews are getting a handle on a number of wildland fires across the Kenai Peninsula. Lightning strikes are the cause for all but one of the seven…

More thunderstorms are in the forecast for the end of the week and lightning associated with that weather sparked several wildland fires on the Kenai…

Fire season is definitely here. The state Division of Forestry has put a burn ban in effect for the Kenai Peninsula, as the slow march toward green up…