The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation marked a first in their history this week when they harvested a bison on their reservation lands near the Ferry and Okanogan County line.
The Tuesday harvest comes roughly 15 months after the first of two groups of bison amounting to a total of 43 of the animals was gifted to the Colvilles by the Kalispell Tribes...
A late-season wildfire that sparked earlier this week is still burning near the U.S./Canadian Border in Northern Ferry County.
The Goosmus Fire is torching grass, brush, and timber approximately four miles south of Danville, where it has grown to approximately 1,700 acres since sparking early Thursday (Sept...
A wildland firefighter has been injured in an accident involving a bulldozer while battling the Bridge Creek Fire in Ferry County.
Fire managers say the incident happened while the dozer was being used to create a fire line and encountered a natural hazard, causing it to tip over and slide over 30 feet down a steep embankment.
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The Swawilla Fire, which has now been burning in southern Ferry County for two weeks, has reached 60% containment.
The blaze is located on the Colville Indian Reservation and was sparked by lightning on July 17.
Thus far, the fire has torched 48,970 acres of timber, tall grass, and brush...