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(September 11, 2014, 7:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore. A Red Flag fire warning is in effect and the public is asked to refrain from outdoor recreational burning.
Thursday afternoon at 2:34 p.m., Portland Firefighters were called to a wildfire on SW Capitol Hwy between Terwilliger and Barbur.
(September 11, 2014, 3:30 pm) WILSONVILLE, Ore. Ground breaking began August 5, at the minimum facility, when staff and inmates began digging holes to set the posts in concrete.
Children who visit their mothers at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility will soon have new playground equipment on which to slide, climb, and jump thanks to a fundraising effort by the Wilsonville Rotary's Through a Child's Eyes committee.
(September 11, 2014, 3:28 pm) PORTLAND, Ore. MCSO K9 Deputy Varro started his career with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office in October of 2005 after arriving in Portland from Germany.
On Thursday September 11, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office celebrated MCSO Patrol K9 Varro's retirement from service with MCSO.
(September 11, 2014, 2:05 pm) DALLAS, Ore. Caucasian female, 45 years of age or older at the time of her disappearance, between 5'0 and 5'6.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office are requesting the public's help in identifying the skeletal remains of a female that was found in the hills overlooking the Mill Creek area of rural Polk County on September 1, 1996.
(September 11, 2014, 2:03 pm) LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. The closure is to help prevent any human caused fires throughout the weekend.
The Lake Oswego Fire Department has ordered Cooks Butte Park officially closed through the weekend.
(September 11, 2014, 11:03 am) WARRENTON, Ore. Cascadia Playbook will allow Oregon agencies, partners to synchronize response during disaster.
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber joined Maj. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Oregon's Adjutant General, at Camp Rilea this week to highlight the new Cascadia Playbook, a guide Oregon will use to synchronize response efforts in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami.
(September 11, 2014, 10:34 am) McMINNVILLE, Ore. It’s been a decade since the Wildcats last slogged all the way through the five-week grind of the NCAA postseason, winning the program’s fourth national title over Mary Hardin-Baylor.
One of these seasons, Linfield is bound to break through the glass ceiling and return to the NCAA Division III championship game.
(September 11, 2014, 9:58 am) SILVERTON, Ore. The Marion County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office are working to determine the cause of the fire.
On September 4 at approximately 1:00 a.m., detectives with the Marion County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Unit were called to a barn fire on Lori Lane NE near Silverton.
(September 11, 2014, 8:54 am) SALEM, Ore. “Ashton is an amazing athlete who has brought great pride to our state and our community.” said Rep. Jason Conger (R – Bend), who sponsored and carried HCR 31.(Video)
The Oregon House voted unanimously today to pass HCR 31, a resolution honoring the achievements of Oregon native Ashton Eaton.
(September 11, 2014, 7:30 am) PORTLAND, Ore. A Red Flag Warning has been issued, indicating high fire danger. Conditions will be hot, dry and windy. These are the perfect conditions for an outside fire to start.
Portland firefighters responded to two separate fires early Thursday morning, that has fire officials reminding everyone that continued hot, dry weather in Oregon over the next week, to make sure any flammable materials are properly disposed of.