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Fire and strain: How staff shortages affect the N.C. Forest Service in the Wilmington area

Cape Fear Area Ranger Alan Matthews navigates the N.C. Forest Service’s Polaris UTV across rugged terrain in Boiling Spring Lakes, N.C., splashing through puddles and crawling across uneven dirt paths ...
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Rough going for fire crews battling Pendleton forest fire

CHERRY GROVE, W.Va. — Steep and rocky terrain is slowing progress on putting out a forest fire in the Monongahela National Forest in Pendleton County. The Woodside Fire started Wednesday in the Cherry ...