Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 5—Randall "Ran" Crone used to split his time between Hawaii and Alaska, but life as a smokejumper took him to Missoula where ...

Big wildfires like the York fire in California and the blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, have been big news stories recently. But there are many more fires that never make the headlines, and that's sometimes ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Local smokejumpers are being recognized in Missoula this weekend for their tireless efforts to keep Montana communities safe during the last 85 years. On Friday, crews kicked off the ...

Sept. 29--PRAIRIE -- Mark T. Urban -- known as "a smokejumper's smokejumper" -- died Friday when his parachute malfunctioned during a training jump. Urban, who was with the Boise-based Great Basin ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Fighting wildland fires is grimy, exhausting, dangerous and impressive. When smokejumpers do the work, parachuting in to wage the initial attack on fires in remote, rugged places, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If you’re facing a belt-bursting all-you-can-eat spread, you could do worse than wrap your gut in Best Made’s Smokejumper belt. The woven Kevlar used in the $42 Smokejumper can hold at least 6,500 ...

Back when Mark Corbet started out as a smokejumper, his parents would ask him when he planned to get a real job. Twenty-nine years later, at age 52, Corbet is one of the oldest smokejumpers in the ...

WINTHROP, Wash. - Kristy Longanecker smiled while her husband fell from the clear blue sky. "He got to live his dream," said Longanecker, barely bothering to watch. "I'm envious of that sometimes. How ...

BOISE, Idaho A Bureau of Land Management smokejumper has died in a parachuting accident while training, officials at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said. Authorities say 40-year-old ...