Nearly two months since the Rowena Fire tore through Wasco County, destroying 56 homes and 91 other structures, local ...

The governor declared the state of emergency on June 20, with an expiration date of July 30. It's now extended through Nov. 2 ...

Oregon officials promised to clean properties destroyed in the fire so that owners can rebuild.

Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency in Oregon on July 16 that will last through end of the year due to the imminent threat of wildfire.

In this provided photo, a stretch of I-84 is viewed from the Rowena Curves, with the Rowena Fire burning nearby in June, 2025. Courtesy of Oregon Department of Transportation ...

Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the stakes are particularly high.

HB 2005, HB 2059, HB 2024, and HB 3321 — touch on prevention, intervention, and boosting the state’s overall response.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Highland Fire on Saturday night — her fifth time doing so this year.

Currently, the Cram Fire has burned 28,635 acres and is still uncontained in Jefferson and Wasco counties. Just last month, the Rowena Fire burned 3,700 acres in Wasco County and destroyed at ...

This is the second serious fire to impact this part of the Columbia Gorge this summer after the Rowena fire destroyed 56 homes in June. Further south in Central Oregon, the Cram fire is the ...