By the next day, it had grown so much that Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act after county officials requested assistance, allowing the Oregon State Fire Marshal to mobilize ...

A new wildfire east of Springfield grew to 3,100 acres in the Fall Creek area and has brought poor air quality to Central ...

President Donald Trump is declaring national emergencies at a rate far greater than his modern-day predecessors.

After severe floods hit Milwaukee County over the weekend, local officials declared a state of emergency. Why hasn't the state done the same?