Ten crews from Montana, including from Columbus and Red Lodge, are staged halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles on standby, which is an important role in case new fires break out.

Montana firefighters have been assisting California in their efforts to distinguish the blazes. The Montana DES coordinates the aid to other states, and can accept it to our own.

Nearly a dozen Montana fire departments have headed down to the Golden State to help fight wildfires in Los Angeles that have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands of others.

Missoula, MT ( KGVO-AM News) - Dr. Peter Kolb, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Management at the University of Montana's W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana was on the KGVO Talk Back program this week.

MONTANA - Firefighters from Montana are heading to California to assist in battling the intense wildfires raging in the state.

MONTANA (KFYR) - Ten Montana fire departments are sending crews and engines to help fight the California wildfires. The crews will work together to form two Montana task forces. They are expected to be gone for 18 days. Firefighters will be working for 14 days and traveling for four days.

Multiple Montana fire departments are sending crews and engines to California to help fight four fast-moving wildfires.The crews that shared plans to head to Ca

MISSOULA — Dozens of dogs are headed to Montana as a result of the wildfires burning in Southern California. The Humane Society of Western Montana (HSWM) is coordinating the transfer to free up space at shelters that have been inundated by animals displaced due to wildfire evacuations.

President Biden in 2022 announced Admiral Linda Fagan as the new commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard making her the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military. President Trump's administration has now fired Fagan.

Jan. 15—Nearly a dozen Montana fire departments have headed down to the Golden State to help fight wildfires in Los Angeles that have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands of others.

Montana firefighters have been assisting California in their efforts to distinguish the blazes through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

Colder air drops in with a boundary stalling near the central mountains Friday night into Saturday, resulting in accumulating snow along and north of I-70. Areas closer to the foothills can also see moderate bursts of snow,