The annual pilgrimage of Illinois residents to neighboring states has kicked into high gear in anticipation of the ...

Northern Illinois communities are celebrating the 4th of July Independence Day weekend with fireworks displays, parades, and ...

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

IDOT is warning drivers to be aware of pavement failures on roads due to extremely high temperatures and increasing humidity, ...

Ray Kresek has been struck by lightning three times. He’s watched colleagues die in fires. He saw a plane knock down a fire ...

The State Department says consular officers will be on the lookout for posts and messages that could be deemed hostile to the ...

HAMILTON — Three more lookouts within the Bitterroot National Forest are being recommended for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

A still from the “The Lookout,” a film that portrays a day in the life of Leif Haugen, a fire lookout in a remote corner of the Flathead National Forest in northwestern Montana.

We'll be watching severe hail and wind storms fire up in Illinois late this evening. ... It will not rain all the time, but be on the lookout for a shower and sometimes a storm through the weekend. To ...

A map-based website created by University of Idaho graduate students Michael Decker, Chris Lamb and Jack Kredell explores the history of fire lookouts in the Gem State.

The Dixie Fire has claimed a historic fire lookout in Lassen Volcanic National Park, the park's superintendent reported Saturday night. The Mount Harkness Lookout is the park's first loss from the ...