A wildfire burning near Lake Cushman has shut down access to several popular recreation areas near the lake and the Staircase entrance of Olympic National Park, park officials said in a statement on ...

A wildfire burning near Lake Cushman continues to grow in the Olympic National Forest. The Bear Gulch fire is just 19% contained. And it has grown by more than 200 acres in the last five days.

The Bear Gulch Fire on the north side of Lake Cushman in the Olympic National Forest exploded on Tuesday, and is now at 15,730 acres and still only 9% contained. After a week of moderate fire behavior ...

LAKE CUSHMAN, Wash. — A cougar attacked a dog near Lake Cushman on Wednesday morning, according to the Mason County Sheriff's Office. The dog is expected to be OK, the sheriff's office said. A man was ...

The Bear Gulch Fire on the Olympic Peninsula has continued to grow—now spanning nearly 16,000 acres. “We had an east wind event yesterday and into the evening, and that was the primary factor in ...

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — The Bear Gulch Fire, which started on July 6 near Mount Rose in the Olympic National Forest, has grown to an estimated 443 acres with zero percent containment, ...

A fire that broke out near Lake Cushman overnight had grown to around 120 acres, shutting down the popular Staircase area, according to officials. The fire was reported around 11 p.m. Sunday and was ...

Here's the latest from Mason County PUD 3: Mason County PUD No. 3 is working to restore electricity to an estimated 400 customers in the Lake Cushman area who were affected by outages resulting from ...