The governor declared the state of emergency on June 20, with an expiration date of July 30. It's now extended through Nov. 2 ...

Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the ...

A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire burning in the U.S. this year ...

Gazing out across the Columbia River, Katie and David Curran watched their home in Lyle, Wash., reduced to nothing more than rubble by the Burdoin Fire.

The Cram fire burning in central Oregon is the largest wildfire in the nation as the Pacific Northwest sees an active start to the fire season. Why it matters: Thousands of acres have already been ...

This is the second serious fire to impact this part of the Columbia Gorge this summer after the Rowena fire destroyed 56 homes in June.

Burdoin Fire has destroyed 14 homes, closed Highway 14 and put the community of Lyle on a level 3 "go now" evacuation order.

Climate change is making severe fire weather more common around the world, raising the chances of worsened forest fire seasons, a study in the journal Nature Communications found.

So far, it seems right. A human-caused fire, the Rowena Fire, tore through an area of the Columbia River Gorge west of The Dalles, destroying more than 50 homes.

The Rowena Fire burned 63 homes in The Dalles in June. “Oregon is already experiencing a devastating wildfire season that will have lasting consequences.

The first phase of cleanup has started in Wasco County after the devastating Rowena fire. Crews are removing propane tanks, paint cans and other hazardous materials.