The Bureau of Land Management is proposing prohibiting the use of exploding targets on land it manages in Colorado because of the wildfire threat they pose. The prohibition is one of a number of ...

DENVER – The U.S. Forest Service announced a ban on exploding targets Monday, citing them as a major cause of wildfires. Shooters who use exploding targets have ignited 16 wildfires since last year, ...

JEFFERSON - Neighbors concerned about exploding targets last month may have some recourse through a town ordinance, according to an ATF (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) agent who explained how a ...

The Hawthorne Bridge was closed for nearly an hour during the Tuesday evening commute after the Willamette River crossing encountered a mechanical malfunctionMu SWAT team arrests two people at ...

People, often frightened, are calling 911 to report explosions at all hours of the day and night. Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton says people using exploding targets are to blame. The sheriff says ...

Police in northern Idaho say two target shooters were injured when they attempted to use leftover exploding target material to start a fire. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports that 20-year-old Dylan E.

Criminal charges could be filed this week in the death of a 47-year-old Utica man who was fatally struck in the abdomen by shrapnel after an exploding target that was shot last month, officials said.

The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service has issued an order prohibiting the use of exploding targets on Forest Service lands in the region. Exploding targets were cited as the cause of ...