In the last decade, humans caused 7 out of 10 wildfires on state-protected land. (Lightning accounted for the rest.) In 2025, ...

A fire at Radius Recycling in Eugene closed Highway 99 for over three hours on November 3. Firefighters responded to a 30-foot-high steel pile that had ignited, causing large flames and smoke. Crews ...

Nearly six months after the Rowena Fire devastated communities in the Columbia River Gorge, a new funding agreement aims to ...

The Eugene Springfield Fire department is under resourced, on that Eugene City Councilors agree. They also agree something needs to change. What they don't agree on is how to fix it. Firefighters are ...

Bullets strike multiple homes in late-night Southeast Portland drive-by Portland police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Southeast Portland late Tuesday night. Portland Art Museum's grand ...

WASHINGTON, USA — This year's wildfire season proved active across the Pacific Northwest, but a Washington state elected official says its firefighting agency is facing big budget cuts. According to ...

Firefighters in Eugene and Springfield say they want to be governed by a special district because they are under resourced as part of the city budgets. To test this claim, The Register-Guard collected ...

Oregon firefighting and EMS exists under two arrangements: a district or a city. Creation of a fire district or intergovernmental entity would take years. The Eugene Springfield Fire department is ...