In Eastern Oregon last week the Fox Fire destroyed three homes in rural Baker County. A firefighter was injured, and the small city of Huntington was under evacuation orders for two days. Now, as Monica Carrillo-Casas [kah-REE-yo kah-SUS] reports, locals are facing the aftermath.

Local officials expect more firefighters from outside the area to arrive to help with the wildfires burning in the Spokane area.

Washington state is sending assistance to Spokane County to help with all three of the major fires burning.

About 14-thousand people remain without power this morning as Spokane wakes up to the day after a wild day of wildfires.

Much of Spokane, Washington is under evacuation orders because of wildfires burning at the edges of the city.

As wildfires threaten communities in Central Oregon, farmers and ranchers are also worried about fires burning in more remote areas — where their crops and their livestock are on the line.

OPB reporter April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] joined a family of ranchers trying to save their cows from a fire heading straight for them.

As the Bench Fire continues to threaten the Warm Springs Reservation in Central Oregon, people who’ve lost homes, and those still trying to protect them, are waiting for clarity about when the danger will pass, and what resources they’ll have to recover. Jen Baires (buyd-RESS) reports…

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Seattle’s City Council has passed a controversial measure that it says will enable faster construction of much-needed housing.

The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget recently proposed sweeping changes to federal funding rules.

This proposal could limit money used for communicating scientific research findings to the press.