A burn ban has been issued for Lawrence County. The ordinance issued by Lawrence County Commissioners prevents the open burning of garbage, leaves, grass, twigs, litter, paper, vegetation from land clearing or any sort of debris in a burn barrel ...

A second county in Western Pennsylvania has instated a burn ban. According to Fayette County Emergency Management, county commissioners passed the burn ban on Wednesday due to ongoing drought conditions.

The goal is to cut down on brush fires, which are often caused by humans when a controlled burn gets out of control.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Yexas - The burn ban for Fort Bend County has been lifted due to significant amount of rain in the area recently. Fort Bend County Judge KP George rescinded the ban originally imposed on Oct. 8 because of existing drought conditions. Since the rain, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index for Fort Bend dropped by 358 points.

Montgomery County lifted its burn ban Nov. 1, County Judge Mark Keough announced in a Nov. 1 Facebook post. The gist In his post, Keough said the threat of a wildfire diminished a

Schoharie County burn ban

NEW CASTLE ― Due to dry conditions in the region, Lawrence County is under an open burning ban for the rest of the month. Acting on the request of multiple local fire chiefs, with the support of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,