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A rundown of recent highway fatalities from around the state as reported by Oregon State Police. Plus, news about a significant drug bust.

The Burdoin Fire in Klickitat County has been 90% contained, with evacuation levels reduced to Level 1, and roads within the fire evacuation areas reopened to local traffic only, while the cause ...

Look, your Tesla’s autopilot can’t navigate you through actual American history, and your GPS probably thinks these places ...

A 13-year-old boy died after he was trapped in a storm drain in Maryland during heavy rainfall and flooding on the East Coast ...

An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The threat of wildfires in Oregon continues to impact communities across the state. According to a state ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S ...

The Tsunami advisory had lifted for Hawai'i following an earthquake hit Kamchatka, Russia on Tuesday afternoon.