Salem, OR—The Oregon Department of Revenue’s Salem office and all its contact centers will be temporarily closed for an all-staff event, 2:30–3:30 p.m., on July 28. The department’s five regional offices, in Bend, Eugene, Gresham, Medford, […]
SALEM, Ore. – On Saturday afternoon, the Emergency Conflagration Act was invoked for the Shingle Fire in Grant and Wheeler counties. The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing its Blue Incident Management Team and resources to protect nearby […]
by Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital ChronicleJuly 24, 2026 Oregonians won’t vote in November on whether to ban hunting, fishing, livestock farming and animal research after backers of a widely criticized initiative failed to gather enough […]
As dry, windy weather fueled a big wildfire near a city in central Oregon, a fourth firefighter died after he and several colleagues last month were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border. Nathan Matthews, […]
SALEM, Ore. – On Friday evening, the Emergency Conflagration Act was invoked for the Crosswhite West Fire to protect the community of Marks Creek in Crook County. The Oregon State Fire Marshal has assigned its Red Incident Management […]
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