Wildfire
‘Fire season is here,’ Gov. Kotek declares May Wildfire Awareness Month, state prepares
The 2025 fire season is projected to be more intense than the 2024 season fire leaders said, but emergency response agencies have begun preparing early.
Wildfire
Forest Grove
Forest Grove District firefighters return from North Carolina
Firefighters deployed from Oregon to North Carolina to help fight wildfires have mostly returned, the Oregon Department of Forestry said.
Forest Grove
Oregon Department of Forestry sends firefighters to aid North Carolina in wildfire fight
Ten of the 26 Oregon firefighters deployed this weekend to assist with wildfires in North Carolina are from the Northwest Oregon Area, headquartered in Forest Grove.