FILE--This Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, file photo provided by KATU-TV shows a wildfire as seen from near Stevenson Wash., across the Columbia River, burning in the Columbia River Gorge above Cascade Locks, Ore. The fast-moving wildfire chewing through Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is threatening more than homes and people. It’s also devouring the heart of the state’s nature-loving identity. (Tristan Fortsch/KATU-TV via AP, file)
September 8, 2017
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The West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?
DENVER — Acrid yellow smoke clogs the skies of major Western U.S. cities, a human-caused fire in the Columbia River Gorge rains ash on Portland, Oregon, and a century-old backcountry chalet burns to the ground in Montana’s Glacier National Park.