The South Fork fire, which has destroyed more than 17,000 acres near Ruidoso, New Mexico, was caused by a lightning strike, Bureau of Indian Affairs officials said. An investigation conducted by ...

Smoke from the South Fork and Salt fires blots out the sun Tuesday along NM Highway 70 outside of Tilley, NM. (Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Officials from many agencies responding to the ...

RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Investigators say lightning caused the South Fork Fire, which burned thousands of acres in and around Ruidoso. "The identification of the point of origin and all evidence ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The South Fork Fire that raged across Ruidoso and Mescalero Apache Tribal lands for a week was caused by a lightning strike, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Fire crews continue working to contain the Lightning Creek Fire, which has burned 2,427 acres about nine miles north of Clark Fork, Idaho, near the Montana-Idaho state line.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Crews are working to slow the Lightning Creek Fire, which has burned 2,432 acres about nine miles north of Clark Fork, Idaho, near the Montana-Idaho state line. The fire, which ...

Historical flooding around North Idaho and Montana has triggered a county-wide flooding state of emergency in Bonner County due to various roads being washed out.

BONNER COUNTY, Idaho — Forest Service Road 419, also known as Lightning Creek Road, near Clark Fork has been temporarily closed to severe flooding and a washed out road. The U.S. Forest Service says ...

Residents are still feeling the effects of historic flooding that hit North Idaho and western Montana on Thursday.

A couple of flash-boom lightning and thunder strikes in different parts of the Roaring Fork Valley rattled nerves and rang some ears but didn’t result in major injuries last week. A lightning strike ...