June 22, 2016 2 big wildfires in LA-area foothills burn toward each other Two wildfires that together burned 7 square miles and drove several hundred people from their homes in foothill suburbs of Los Angeles were growing fast and surging closer to each other.
June 21, 2016 Heat wave brings challenges to crews fighting fires out West An intensifying heat wave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico threatened to make the fight against Southern California wildfires more difficult Monday.
June 21, 2016 The Latest: Hotter days bring bigger fire challenges to West The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local): 7:50 a.m.
June 20, 2016 Crews make progress against Western fires, brace for winds Firefighters battling home-threatening wildfires in the West are bracing for gusty winds and scorching heat on Sunday.
June 20, 2016 Angry parents punish teen son by forcing him to stay in backyard tent A mom and dad in New Mexico say they're so fed up with their teenage son's thieving ways that they kick him out of the house every day and force him to stay in a backyard tent, local media reported Friday.
June 19, 2016 Firefighters battle California brushfire as heatwave looms Firefighters battling a California wildfire that forced the evacuation of campgrounds and ranches were struggling with strong overnight winds and bracing for rising temperatures as an extreme heatwave is expected to sweep across the Southwest this weekend.
June 19, 2016 Bear attacks woman running marathon in New Mexico Wildlife officials say a bear attacked a woman running a marathon in a national preserve in northern New Mexico.
June 19, 2016 Great Books college creates collegewide president A small liberal arts college with a course of study founded firmly on discussions of the Great Books of western civilization will have a collegewide president for two campuses but will still have a president on each campus.
June 19, 2016 Fires threatening communities around West Fueled by hot and dry weather, wildfires threatened homes in California and other Western states as crews struggled to corral flames that have scorched miles of brush and timber.
June 19, 2016 New Mexico Hatch chile labeling dispute heats up A federal appeals court has sided with a green chile growers group in southern New Mexico's Hatch Valley in a dispute over what food can be labeled with the renowned Hatch name.
