Even during this COVID winter, the weekend traffic up here makes clear that visitors will come flocking as the virus fades, and we Hill folk are itching to get out and about again ourselves.Of course, this means Hill businesses and organizations need to get reopening information to these folk ahead of time to take advantage…

Weather — winds, temperatures and precipitation — plays a critical role in fire behavior and predictions. The recent wet and cold winter and spring may have delayed the arrival of the traditional late-spring fire season, but fire agencies are expecting it to begin before June ends. By the end of summer it could develop into…

Last Saturday, Allan Tiso stood on his ranch talking to Team Rubicon USA volunteers who had arrived bright and early to help clear his property of the wreckage left behind by the Cranston Wildfire. First, they cleaned around the burned tractor and put piles of metal in the dumpster. Then they took down the charred…