and constantly high on pharmaceuticals and cheap wine, Kerouac served as a lookout on Desolation Peak in 1956. The author of "On the Road" hoped to use his time as a fire spotter to write a novel ...

A woodland fire that began Saturday morning at High Point of Lookout Mountain flamed up on Sunday evening and was burning over a widened area. The area of flames could be seen for many miles in ...

The video documents a trip to a remote fire lookout tower in Grand Forks, involving a challenging hike through snowy terrain. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls for snap election amid trade ...

Photo taken ... resistant to fire.” Following the devastating fires of 1910, the Forest Service set spotting fires as a high priority, according to the Forest History Society. Lookout towers ...

SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) - The Moose Fire, near Salmon, has burned 38,321 acres and is 15% contained. The Salmon-Challis National Forest reported Stormy Peak Lookout and the radio repeater was lost to ...

They also talked to lookout ... on high ridges and mountaintops with sweeping views, they were and still are staffed by people whose primary job is to look for smoke that indicates a new fire ...

Yesterday, nearly 0.75 inches of rain fell near the Lookout Fire. Where weather conditions ... will continue into the weekend. Unseasonably high temperatures and low relative humidity are predicted.

A woods fire centered around High Point on Lookout Mountain that has burned 1,400 acres and threatened some homes has been ruled arson. Georgia Forestry officials said Monday, "A reward is being ...