Ashland and Phoenix high schools are teaming up this year for a long-running international football game against a Japanese team. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports.

The Pacific Rim Bowl started 37 years ago as a friendly football rivalry between Southern Oregon and Japan.

((0:10)) The Burdoin ((bur-DOYN)) Fire burning near Lyle, Washington, has forced the closure of popular recreation sites along the Columbia River Gorge for the rest of the summer. Tarek ((TAR-reck)) Anthony reports.

Federal wildfire officials have raised the national Preparedness Level to 4. If things get more intense, that could mean calling on the military and other countries for help. From the ‘Mountain West News Bureau,’ Murphy Woodhouse reports.

You’ve heard that “The Big One” is on its way. But, did you know more than 200 seismic monitoring stations across Oregon will detect it before it hits?

The Oregon Hazards Lab – with other universities and organizations – have implemented stations across the country with the goal of early earthquake detection.

KLCC’s Julia Boboc (Bo-bawk) joined a team of field specialists as they installed one of these potentially life-saving sensors: [SOQ 4:56]

If you take Interstate 5 Northbound through Seattle, prepare for a new round of delays.

Hundreds of US based doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are on their way in moving to British Columbia.

The Trump administration has banned children from undocumented families from Head Start.

Family Forward Oregon and other organizations have updated a federal lawsuit after the Trump administration banned children of undocumented families from the Head Start program.

Seattle Public Schools is facing the loss of federal funding for programs that support homeless students, kids learning English and students from low income families. [KUOW C&C]