Four Corners

The national preparedness level has yet to hit its highest level, but resources are under pressure. Nearly 17,000 people have been assigned to the fires, along with hundreds of engines and air support.

The only problem: No one is fully fluent.

It's known by the name Velvet-Wood, and the project's Canadian owner got the go-ahead back in May as the first to undergo an "accelerated," two-week environmental review, during which tribes had only seven days to reply.

This closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting threatens the resilience of the nation's emergency alert systems. Congress had authorized $136 million for the Next Generation Warning System grant program to help underserved communities improve warning systems.

Native Americans have grown food in the desert for ages, but many tribal agricultural traditions have disappeared. Now, people in southeast Utah are working to bring Navajo traditions back — one fruit tree and garden bed at a time.

A "David and Goliath story" ends with Westside mobile home park residents in Durango, Colorado, keeping their homes, with a lot of help from their neighbors.