"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
A project to replace a small bridge on Stringtown Road, which will require an extended road closure, has been delayed again. Once the project is underway, a popular rural route will be closed for construction, possibly for several months this summer if the the quadruply-delayed project finally happe
Fireworks, a beer garden, live music, a talent show and more are on tap for an Independence Day celebration in Banks., and the Forest Grove fireworks show is not happening.
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.
