Stoddard/Berge Volunteer Fire Department prohibits outdoor burning due to high wildfire risk. Fireworks use also banned.

Members of the public who spoke during a Board of Island County Commissioners meeting this past Tuesday felt that Commissioner Jill Johnson, who was looking down at her cell phone, paid inadequate ...

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The Clay County Board of Commissioners has decided to enact a burn ban due to the high rate of fires over the last week. The news release states that this order was put in ...

Somerset County Commissioners have announced a moratorium on all outdoor burning as drought conditions persist on Delmarva.

Fire departments across Central Illinois are issuing burn bans as dry conditions are about to be exacerbated by high winds ...

Several emergency agencies and local officials have issued a burn ban effective at midnight March 13. Iroquois County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Scott Anderson issued a press release ...

A Burn Ban has been issued for Somerset County. The ban applies to all outdoor burning, including campfires, bonfires, ...

Fountain, Warren and Benton county officials issued burn bans for their respective counties Monday due to drought conditions affecting the area.

State law requires any local fireworks ban to have a one-year delay before coming into effect.

Steve Koehler, a board member for the Olympic Environmental Council, advocated for banning fireworks displays saying there ...