Most of the state's more than 1,000 wineries are clustered around the Columbia River, so the irrigation-dependent crop can ...

A passenger aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, after it collided midair with a helicopter as it approached the runway, according to the ...

Smoke from the wildfires ravaging much of the US West Coast has spread to the east of the country, casting a haze over New York and Washington DC. The blazes have burned vast areas of land and ...

Two people were killed in apartment fires in Washington, D.C., overnight Friday despite the efforts of first responders to ...

Researchers say that long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution, particularly wildfire smoke, is linked to dementia.

D.C. firefighters and emergency responders on Monday returned to the scene of two deadly fires that occurred within nine ...

Under a red flag warning, any fires that do start are more likely to spread at a rapid rate behind strong winds. Flying ...

Fire prevention staff and firefighters from the DC Fire and EMS Department returned to the scenes of two deadly fires that ...

DC Fire & EMS tell WUSA9, firefighters were called to one fire around 9:30 Friday night and to the other around 5:30 Saturday ...

An audit of Metrorail's emergency and fire safety systems found the agency lacked reliable communication systems during ...