A 51-year-old Oregon man was indicted earlier this month on charges of igniting the 18,300-acre Larch Creek Fire in Wasco County, according to court records. The man was charged with second degree ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Rowena Fire, burning in the Columbia River Gorge, held steady over the weekend while crews worked to contain the blaze. As of Monday afternoon, Highway 30 was closed from ...

WASCO COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - The Long Bend Fire near Maupin reached 50% containment on Monday evening, according to Central Oregon Fire Information. They noted that river access south of Maupin will ...

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Wasco County that started Tuesday afternoon and quickly grew to about 3,500 acres, prompting evacuation orders to be issued, the Oregon Department of Forestry ...

THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) – Seven ODOT road signs were cut down and removed along U.S. Highway 97 and two other highways in Wasco County last month and found discarded together by a roadway. Oregon ...

Courtesy of the Oregon State Fire Marshal Wasco County District Attorney Matthew Ellis confirmed Wednesday that police took Christopher Michael Mennealy into police custody. He will once again face ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Rowena Fire burning in Wasco County was human-caused, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center. The fire, still burning between Mosier and The Dalles, ...

WASCO COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – A fast-moving wildfire that destroyed at least 20 homes in Wasco County and forced evacuations in an area west of The Dalles next to I-84 was determined to be human-caused, ...

WASCO COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon Gov. Kotek toured the damage on Sunday after the Larch Creek Fire tore through 18,000 acres in Wasco Co. in just under two weeks. Kotek expressed alarm that this ...

WASCO COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — Wildland firefighters are battling the Trout Creek Fire burning in Wasco County, north of Madras, and northwest of Willowdale, Oregon. According to Central Oregon Fire Info ...

More than 800 homes were under evacuation orders in part of northern Wasco County Thursday night, county spokesperson Stephanie Krell said. An additional 3,000 homes were under evacuation warnings or ...

THE DALLES, Ore. — Oregon’s backroad byways are the best! We found a good one where the sun shines 300 days a year across the high desert’s forgotten ghost towns, where it’s easy to discover new ...