The firefighter, whose name has not been made public, lived in the U.S. for 19 years after arriving with his family at age 4.

One of the sisters accused of setting a fire that killed a five-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday morning. READ MORE, <a ...

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The Flat Fire, which started Thursday afternoon west of Culver in Jefferson County, has triggered evacuations in the nearby ...

The Roadless Rule may not directly affect Portland, but its consequences may be deeply felt in other Oregon communities facing repeated wildfire disasters and choking smoke. Many Roadless Areas fall ...

Portland’s mayor will choose a city administrator under new government; council confirmation required. Applications due Sept. 25.

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern ...

The historic tree is alive, but it lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world.

The Minneapolis mass shooter isn't the first transgender person to threaten or target Christians. Here's an attempt to explain why.

This weekend marks summer’s unofficial end — but that doesn’t have to mean abandoning the season’s many splendors.

A dangerous heat wave descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with triple-digit temperatures expected along ...