3-week-old Flat Fire in SW Oregon tops 33,0000 acres, now 30% contained
AGNESS, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 840 firefighters have brought the 3-week-old, 33,246-acre Flat Fire in southwest Oregon to 30% containment, making…
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Despite weekend rainfall, Bedrock Fire grows to nearly 13,000 acres, still 5% contained
Despite a quarter-inch of rain in places, the Bedrock Fire on the Willamette National Forest continues actively burning in dry fuels, and the…
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Woman found dead on Phoenix-area hike, authorities say it may be heat related
PHOENIX (AP) — An Oregon woman who went missing on a hike in north Phoenix has been found dead and it appears to be heat-related, according to…
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Washington and Oregon leave behind heritage — and rivals — for stability in the Big Ten
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — A day after leaving behind more than a century as a tenant to the premier athletic conference on the…
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Forest Service firefighter, 21, killed in on-duty crash in SW Oregon
A 21-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter was killed in a crash on Friday while on duty near the Coos County community of Powers, agency…
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Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington…
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US Wildlife Service lethally removes four wolves from NE Oregon pack due to ‘chronic’ livestock depredation
Four wolves from the Five Points Pack in northeast Oregon’s Union County have been lethally removed by the USDA Wildlife Service in response to…
Continue ReadingBrush fire kills 2 and destroys 9 homes in suburban Tacoma, Washington
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire killed two people and destroyed nine mobile homes Friday in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington,…
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Choice at the pump: Gov. Kotek signs self-serve gas bill, ending law banning it for past 72 years
For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars without an attendant, since a decades-old ban on…
Continue ReadingIdaho bus filled with teen campers crashes on winding highway, injuring 11
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A school bus carrying teenage campers rolled over on a winding Idaho highway Friday afternoon, injuring 11 people, the Idaho…
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Big Ten grabs Oregon, Washington; Big 12 completes Pac-12 raid with Arizona, Arizona State and Utah
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Dealing a crushing combination to the Pac-12 on Friday, the Big Ten announced Oregon and Washington…
Continue ReadingAfter helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself may be in peril
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a…
Continue ReadingOregon crabbers and environmentalists are at odds as a commission votes on rules to protect whales
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press In the wheelhouse of a crab boat named Heidi Sue, Mike Pettis watched the gray whale surface and shoot water through…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Idaho killings will use an alibi defense but doesn’t claim to have been at a specific location, attorneys say
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last year say they will be using an…
Continue ReadingJustice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan publicly declared her support for an ethics code for…
Continue ReadingA crash involving a freight train and a car kills 3 people in Oregon
GERVAIS, Ore. (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday and another person was injured when a Union Pacific freight train crashed into a car north…
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A man accused of locking a woman in a homemade cell had a handwritten plan and sketch, FBI says
By ANDREW SELSKY and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — He called it “Operation Take Over,” with a list that included a chilling…
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Lightning, low humidities in forecast raise fire risk in much of Central, Eastern Oregon, Washington
Lightning and low humidities are forecast over the next few days for areas of the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region, particularly Eastern…
Continue Reading FBI looks for more possible victims after woman escapes from makeshift cinder block cell in Klamath Falls
A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Klamath Falls and locked her…
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Gov. Kotek signs seven public education, child care bills passed by lawmakers
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek hosted a signing ceremony Wednesday for seven bills passed during the 2023 legislative session to support K-12 public…
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