"Confidence is increasing that this potentially historic heatwave will last several days," the NWS said. Inside: tips on staying cool and how we'll be covering this ongoing heat wave over the next few days.
Just two days after fire season began in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA), fire danger will be set to "moderate" or blue at 1 a.m. July 4 as the region braces for a four-day heat wave expected to hit beginning Indepen
The Banks Historical Society has launched a fundraiser in an attempt to save a historic house —possibly the oldest site-built pioneer home in town — and an acre of very old trees in Banks that's threatened by a planned development.
A Kansas City field was ignited in flames after wind "likely spread embers" from a neighboring property's illegal burn pile Tuesday afternoon, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
A county-wide burn ban began Monday morning, just hours after lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in far west Washington County entered fire season.
Starting Thursday afternoon, Independence Day festivities will be under the pall of an Excessive Heat Watch, which extends through Sunday evening as triple digit temperatures loom in the forecast.
At 1 a.m. on July 1, fire season will begin in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA ), which includes areas in and near the Tillamook State Forest. (No subscription required)
