TWO BEND WOMEN NAMED TO STATE'S WILDFIRE COUNCIL Mayor Sally Russell and Fire Captain Tricia Connolly Will Serve on the New Council Wildfires burned more than 400,000 acres across the state of Oregon last year, and the governor is hoping that a new council will help to limit wildfire damage in the future. Central Oregon Daily's Anyssa Bohanan has the latest on Governor Brown's Wildfire Council and two Central Oregonians who have been appointed to it. | Central Oregon Daily News | Facebook

A wildfire on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge has prompted officials to close nearly 20 miles of Interstate 84 between Hood River and The Dalles. https://bit.ly/4n3s4Bq | KATU News