Colville Tribes meets with Gov. Ferguson on major wildland fires

There are 51 large wildfires across the states of Washington and Oregon. There are two large fires currently burning on the Colville Reservation. The Kaiser Canyon fire is more than 136,000 acres. The Modrite fire is more than 51,000 acres. Both were started by lightning strikes and have expanded rapidly because of high winds, hot temperatures, low humidity, and fuel conditions that caused Washing...