Death toll hits 25 from wildfires at both ends of California
Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The...
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“Nothing here”: Returning to rubble in Northern California, wildfire kills 23
No one is left in Paradise. Abandoned, charred vehicles clutter the main thoroughfare, evidence of the panicked evacuation a day earlier as a wildfire tore through the Northern California community.
At least 9 dead as fire incinerates Northern California town
Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there...
Colorado, U.S. West struggle with smoke as wildfires continue to burn
Smoke from wildfires clogged the sky across the U.S. West, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults...
Oregon has pot oversupply; Colorado hits the mark
Two of the first states to broadly legalize marijuana took different approaches to regulation that left Oregon with a vast oversupply and Colorado with a well-balanced market. But in both...
Marijuana growers turning to hemp as CBD extract explodes
A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet —...
Climber’s death on popular Oregon peak underscores dangers
Oregon's tallest peak rises above the streets of downtown Portland, its gorgeous snow-capped slopes luring 10,000 climbers a year.
Meth-laden kiss kills Oregon inmate; girlfriend gets 2 years
An Oregon woman whose inmate boyfriend died from a meth-laden kiss after a prison visit was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday on a drug conspiracy charge.
Growing homeless camps contrast with West Coast tech wealth
In a park in the middle of a leafy, bohemian neighborhood where homes list for close to $1 million, a tractor's massive claw scooped up the refuse of the homeless...
Hiker missing for almost five days found alive near Oregon’s Mount Hood
A hiker missing for almost five days near Oregon's Mount Hood has been found alive, authorities said Thursday.