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If the high cost of eggs has you considering starting your own backyard chicken flock, fire officials urge you to understand the safety risks.  Bend, OR Fire and Rescue Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki said his agency responded to a pair of chicken coop fires in the past week, both caused by electrical problems associated with heating lamps.   “...

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...

Shortly after the fire started Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources.

. West Valley Fire Department officials say the fire was contained at 150 acres but not before destroying two homes and a shop building.

The first fire was reported at about 20 acres in East Valley near Riverside Road and State Route 24.

The state has declared a drought emergency because of the lack of snow in the mountains with snow pack currently at 63% of normal.

Fire officials says "residential outdoor burning in violation of the local ban may be subject to a fine of $1,000, arrest, and/or jail

Crews in central Washington were called to structure fire at the Washington Potato building in the small down of Warden Thursday night. "The fire started around 5:30 p.m. at Washington Potato, it started in the dehydrator and then extended to the structure, said Kyle Foreman is with the Grant County Sheriffs office ...

Grant County fire fighters were called to a barn fire that killed ten horses Saturday morning. Crews arrived at the Dodson Rd. location outside of Royal City around 4:30 a.m. to find the 60’x120’ barn engulfed. The cause of Saturday’s fire has yet to be determined. No human ...

The past, present and future, just a few of the topics discussed at the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen Beef Association trade show earlier this month in San Antonio, TX.  At the event, NCBA President Jennifer Houston said markets dominated concerns for cattlemen and women last year.  Bu...