Oregon fire crews are being assigned to fight a new complex of wildfires burning more than 15,000 combined acres in Wheeler County, as the state’s Emergency Conflagration Act was invoked for a fourth ...

The Butte Creek Fire was first reported just before 3 p.m. on Sunday on the east side of the John Day River, just north of Clarno, Oregon. The fire is burning on private and U.S. Bureau of Land ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday she has declared a drought in Coos and Wheeler counties through an executive order and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize ...

WHEELER COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — The first big fire of the 2025 fire season has popped up in central Oregon. Fire officials say the Butte Creek Fire made a 1,500-acre run overnight and is now at ...

A man was taken into custody after setting a series of fires at power poles and other properties near Fossil, Oregon, according to the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the fires were set ...