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.

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

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.

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

That route is the Big Sky North Coast Corridor which would run through southern Montana. This route, formerly known as the North Coast Hiawatha — which ended operations in the late 1970s — is being recommended to be restored with the hopes that it will bring Amtrak service to Billings, Bozeman, Helena, Butte and Missoula.

MONTANA - Firefighters in Los Angeles are hoping for a break on Friday from the fierce winds fueling massive fires that have killed at least 10 people and leveled neighborhoods.

Kalispell mayor now opposed to state housing funding, Montana fire crews aid in California blaze, and Flathead Warming Center launches new initiatives.

Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new legislation to address the new reality of a fire season that never ends.

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.

Montana firefighters aiding California trough mutual aid system

A New Hampshire judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with raping a teenage boy in 1998.