Jeff Thompson

Nearly 4,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare for evacuation in Deschutes and Jefferson counties. The fire jumped the Deschutes River Monday evening.

The Rowena and Ferry fires in Oregon grew less over the weekend than in the days immediately after they started. The Rowena Fire has destroyed at least 56 homes, and 300 people are still under Level 3 evacuation orders.

The Rowena Fire has grown to more than 3,800 acres near The Dalles and left 8,000 residents under evacuation orders. About 50 miles to the southeast, the Ferry Fire in Sherman County was at about 9,000 acres Friday morning, prompting closure of the John Day River at Cottonwood Canyon State Park.

Dozens of demonstrations are scheduled for Saturday across Oregon and Southwest Washington, in protest of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

The early season Oregon heat wave broke records in Portland, Hillsboro and Eugene on Sunday. As the extreme heat continues, Portland schools closed early on Monday.

The Butte Creek Fire was first reported just before 3 p.m. on Sunday on the east side of the John Day River, just north of Clarno, Oregon.

Faith leaders in Portland are celebrating Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope to be selected in the 2,000-plus-year history of the Catholic church.

Investigators believe they have recovered the body of a 20-year-old man who went missing while kayaking in the Willamette River last month.

The outlook for the 2025 wildfire season in Oregon and Washington looks a lot like 2024, with high temperatures and limited precipitation likely.

The fraud scheme targeted about $7 million in city of Portland funds that were allocated for the Bull Run water filtration project.