Grand” is a weighty word to carry at the front of your name. It makes a remarkable promise; one that New York’s Grand Central Terminal lives up to in its cathedral-like main concourse; one which the Grand Western Canal,

U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has demanded an independent investigation into why National Park Service staff let the fire burn during the driest time of the summer in a botched attempt to reduce wildf...