300-acre wildfire prompts evacuations near Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. - Gov. John Kitzhaber has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act so the state fire marshal can mobilize resources to protect homes threatened by a wildfire west of Portland. The Scoggins Creek wildfire two miles northwest of Hagg Lake ...
Activist seeks refuge from ICE in Portland church
Portland, Ore.-- A community activist has taken refuge inside a Northeast Portland church after immigration officers threatened to deport him. Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed up at Francisco Aquirre's Fairview home ...
Kitzhaber declares fire emergency near Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act so the state fire marshal can mobilize resources to protect homes threatened by a wildfire west of Portland. The Scoggins Creek wildfire two miles northwest of Hagg ...
