KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart explains the extreme heat, haze, wildfires, and earthquakes seen around the PNW over the last 24 hours.

Some towns exist on a map, and some towns exist in your soul, and Halfway, Oregon has a way of becoming the second kind ...

Several streets around the Oregon State Capitol will close July 20-26 for the annual Hoopla 3-on-3 basketball tournament. See ...

More than 203,000 acres are burning across Oregon, with the majority of fire activity concentrated in central Oregon.

An incident command post has been established at the Sisters Rodeo Grounds as crews continue battling numerous wildfires ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Rowe Creek Complex Fire in north central Oregon has surged to more than 120,000 acres as local and statewide fire crews continue fighting the blaze. The Rowe Creek Complex ...

While places like Rooster Rock and Doug’s Beach are arguably the best beaches in the Columbia River Gorge, there are plenty ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland-area city topped a new ranking of Oregon’s safest communities, with crime rates far below the state average, according to a SafeWise analysis. The rankings are based ...

Firefighters are battling more than 85 fires in the Central Oregon area, sparked by last week’s thunderstorm which generated ...

And what better river to visit than the Columbia? The mightiest river in the West, running between Oregon and Washington on ...

After a relatively slow start to Oregon's fire season, prolonged dry conditions with the addition of thunderstorms and strong winds this week have caused the rapid growth of wildfires in several areas ...

Major wildfires are burning in southern, central and eastern Oregon as fire season ramps up. Here are the latest updates.