The Swawilla Fire, which has now been burning in southern Ferry County for two weeks, has reached 60% containment.
The blaze is located on the Colville Indian Reservation and was sparked by lightning on July 17.
Thus far, the fire has torched 48,970 acres of timber, tall grass, and brush...
A wildfire in Ferry County that was touched off by lightning last week has already torched over 5,500 acres.
The Swawilla Fire ignited on June 17 and is burning in tall grass, brush, and mixed timber approximately nine miles southwest of Keller on the Colville Indian Reservation...
School's not quite out for summer just yet, but soon classrooms across the state will bid farewell to their students and faculty for another three-month break between school years.
And while the hallways and lunchrooms at some of those schools will be missing as many as 51,000 kids, like at the state's largest school - Seattle High - others will only be without a handful of students during the hot