Dry conditions hinder Utah firefighters
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High temperatures and low humidity prevented firefighters from extinguishing a fire Saturday that threatened at least two dozen homes in a small town in central Utah.
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By Garth Stapley, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Sep. 23--Tending to an ugly car wreck and a house fire on a late-summer day kept volunteer firefighter Chris Ott from working on a harvester at the family farm west of Modesto.
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High wind hampered fire crews again Sunday as they fought a wildfire that had dashed across nearly 300 square miles of remote rangeland in northern Nevada.
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By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 23--High humidity and cool temperatures are helping to hold the Big Su fire steady at about 9,475 acres today, said Matt Weaver, spokesman for the state Division of Forestry.
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By Mike McCormick; Vicky Eckenrode< Morris News Service  ATLANTA - A dry winter coupled with record high temperatures has resulted in a  nationwide drought that's left farmers and water officials praying for rain.
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The hot, dry Santa Ana winds were waning Wednesday, a boon for firefighters and Southern Californians who hope the lull in "devil winds" is more than a respite.
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Most states, including Utah, are not braced for a bioterror attack or disease pandemic, a report said Tuesday, focusing attention on what will be a key challenge for Mike Leavitt
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Cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters Monday as they got closer to fully containing one of the largest wildfires in California history.
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Unpredictable winds played tricks with firefighters trying to extinguish a once-massive wildfire, tamed the night before by a driving rain
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Two dozen firefighters died last year battling wildfires across the nation, a number that has increased in the face of drier summers and increased job pressures.
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National recognition is being given to three Utahns for their work to prevent wildfires.  The National Association of Foresters, the U.S.
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By Erik Robinson and Jose Paul Corona, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 8--Just because Southwest Washington is due for a little rain this weekend, don't expect area firefighters to breathe easy.
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb.
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By William M. Welch  LOS ANGELES -- Extremely dry brush and fickle winds have kept alive for more than three weeks a wildfire that is only 40% contained and has scorched 200 square miles of mountainous terrain northwest of Los Angeles.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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By SUDDABY, Reon  A very dry summer and high temperatures have the region's fire crews on alert -- and hoping for rain. Reon Suddaby reports.   --------------------   Fire crews are on high alert as the Waikato bakes in one of the driest summers on record.
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By Lisa Riley Roche and Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  Despite nearly two hours of discussion behind closed doors Monday, Senate Republicans still haven't decided whether the state should take action to keep the Real Salt Lake soccer team in Utah.