Undated Oregon State Fire Marshal Jim Walker. Photo: OSP
Oregon is in the midst of one of, if not the, worst fire seasons experienced in modern Oregon history. Today, without
A "Super Scooper" plane fights the Powerline Fire near Cherry Grove. Photo taken from ODF video
Beginning Friday, September 11 at 1 a.m., logging and other industrial
A view of the Chehalem Mountain-Bald Peak fire take Wednesday, September 9. Photo: Brad Burke.
The sky is a sickly yellow-orange this morning from the sunlight filtering through air choked
A helicopter made an emergency landing at Hagg Lake after experiencing a mechanical failure on Wednesday, September 9. Photo: WCSO
The Powerline Fire south of Hagg Lake is roughly 50%
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Gales Creek Journal
The Tillamook State Forest is closed to the public, as are other forestlands protected
A sign at the Gales Creek Fire Station noting "Extreme" fire danger on Wednesday, September 9, 2002. Photo: Chas Hundley
As wildfires rage across Oregon for a third
Smoke from the Powerline Fire drifts into more smoke from other Oregon wildfires. Photo: Chas Hundley
The active fire burning south of Hagg Lake is largely uncontained, Forest Grove Fire
The Oregon Department of Forestry stages a vehicle at the Gales Creek Fire Station on Tuesday, August 27 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Oregon Department of Forestry moved fire danger
A vehicle drives toward the coast near Gales Creek on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer
Traffic and fires and COVID, oh my. Those are some of the top concerns public
ODF offices in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley
For those who work in the Tillamook State Forest and surrounding forests protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry, logging and other
Ziply's current broadband network in northwest Oregon. Blue is broadband, green is fiber. Photo courtesy Ziply website
The rural portions of Washington County have always struggled to gain