To date, the US Forest Service has surveyed and cleared nearly 240 miles of roads (nearly 76% of roads) across the ...

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails officials submitted a proposal in January to acquire the land including and surrounding ...

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, creating a substantial risk of death or significant injury to the public, as well as to firefighters from ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Richton Park, Park Forest, Olympia Fields, Tinley Park, Mount Greenwood ...

A former Ohio Fire Administrator will spend time in jail after he started dozens of arson fires in a national forest.

A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio ...

The Daniel Boone National Forest is facing the possibility of staff reductions amid reports of probation notices.

A man who served as a former fire official, police officer and Gallia County 911 administrator has been sentenced to 18 ...

In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...

James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on Monday.

James Bartels, a former fire department administrator, claimed he set the fires to "give the boys something to do." ...