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Australia, New Zealand firefighters head home after 30 days battling Oregon wildfires
17+ hour, 48+ min ago (194+ words) CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — A group of firefighters from New Zealand and Australia is heading home after nearly a month helping fight wildfires near Mount Hood. Oregon forestry officials said the team has worked alongside crews on the firelines of…...
Fall Foliage: When will leaves change color in Portland?
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (447+ words) The Pacific Northwest is in that in-between shift between summer and fall, where some days bring sunshine while others bring clouds and rain. A key mark of this seasonal shift is reflected in the trees– or rather, the leaves. Green…...
Few dispute researcher's warning that AI poses threat to human life
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (645+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — In less than 24 hours, 27-year-old AI researcher Jacob Coxon's social media post about leaving Anthropic garnered more than 100 million views. Rather than dismissing Coxon as an alarmist, many in the AI field echoed his warning about this technology's…...
Artemis II moonshot commander and pilot are hanging up their astronaut suits at NASA
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (506+ words) by MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will continue to support the moon exploration program as emeritus astronauts. Glover has…...
Fierce winds from Hurricane Lowell cause extensive damage in Hawaii
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (642+ words) Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of Hurricane Marie were expected to stick around for several days. In Hawaii, fierce winds downed trees and caused widespread power outages on the island of Kauai,…...
Fog blankets Washington County and central Willamette Valley as warm, sunny week arrives
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (138+ words) PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Patchy morning fog is blanketing parts of Washington County and portions of the central Willamette Valley. High clouds are also moving overhead across parts of northwest Oregon. “Higher pressure is building into the region, with sunny and…...
Murder mystery: crow roost returns, researchers study why they flock to Portland
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (467+ words) But those living in Downtown Portland know that fall unofficially starts when crows crowd the skies. Every Fall from October to November, crows start flocking to Downtown Portland. The roost is just starting to settle in downtown, and Certified Oregon…...
Light shaking reported as USGS logs 3.7 quake east of Castle Rock early Saturday morning
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (93+ words) PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Just after 4 a.m. Saturday, a magnitude 3.7 earthquake was recorded about 12 miles east of Castle Rock, Washington. READ MORE | Two-story Vancouver home burns Sunday night; firefighters find no one inside The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred…...
First significant rainfall of the season: how much rain did the Pacific Northwest get?
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (256+ words) PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — We kicked off the month with the weather you’ve either been looking forward to or you’ve been dreading— rain! But how much rain did we get so far here in the Pacific Northwest? On Tuesday, September 1, we…...
Thursday's tornado warning was a first for Columbia County; no damage reported
1+ week, 1+ day ago (355+ words) PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — This past Thursday was an active day weather-wise. We woke up to thunderstorms off the coast and an unstable atmosphere over most of the region. Just after 12:20 p.m., the National Weather Service in Portland issued a tornado…...