evacuation

Oregon's wildfire season is a reminder that pets and livestock need their own emergency plans — including a packed go-kit with food, records, and a labeled carrier ready to grab on the way out.

Wildfires have forced evacuations across Oregon this summer.  And now, the state is making new software available that alerts residents to changes in evacuation levels.  Ed Flick, director of the Oregon Office of Resilience and Emergency Management, says the software makes it easy to develop an evacuation map.   "The Genas...

In fact Officials at Yakima Valley Emergency Management issued a Level 3 evacuation notice for the Selah Creek area east of Highway 821.