On July 25, smoke from two wildfires south of The Dalles darkened the skies, as seen from Pleasant Ridge above Threemile Road. Wildfire update…
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Free news: Wasco County wildfire update for the 8-mile Road Fire;Â Grasshopper Fire;Â Little Buck Fire; and Deep Canyon Fire
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(The Center Square) – More than a dozen wildfires in northern Minnesota are adding to ongoing air quality concerns throughout the U.S., which have been primarily fueled by Canadian wildfires.
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WASCO CO. — Antelope and Shaniko are under Level 2 evacuation orders as wildfires not only burn nearby, but consume large swaths of Sherman, G…
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(The Center Square) – As Independence Day celebrations kick off, millions of Americans in much of the central and eastern United States are under extreme heat warnings.
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Free news: The expanded declaration now authorizes federal Public Assistance funding for 11 Oregon counties impacted by the December 2025 atmospheric river event, including Hood River and Wasco counties.Â
Free briefs:Â City of The Dalles water system;Â New cameras identify smoke
Though temperatures themselves cooled off by Thursday of last week (cumulating in a thunderstorm that left some residents without power), warm…
A severe thunderstorm struck the Gorge Thursday night, bringing thunder, lightning, and at least one big tree falling across the road. The storm cut power to about 2,000 customers, Northern Wasco County PUD announced.
Free news:Â The original declaration was for Clackamas, Hood River, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Polk, Tillamook, Union, and Yamhill counties with Clatsop and Wasco counties added later.Â
