Sources say there's an effort to start fires in areas that are the least protected, then working their way into more populated areas and neighborhoods.

PUYALLUP, Wash - A man is facing charges for attempting to set a fire in the median of SR-167 and Meridian. Trooper Ryan Burke with the Washington State Patrol tweeted that the 36-year-old man from

As wildfires raged up and down the West Coast, officials said one of the most damaging fires in Oregon may have been deliberately set.

DEXTER, Ore. - Firefighters responded Wednesday to someone attempting to start fires at Dexter State Recreation Area, the fire chief said in a social media post. The state park site is along Highway...

Jeffrey Alan Acord, 31, was booked into jail Wednesday following Monday's Ferguson-related protest in Seattle. He faces a slew of weapons charges.

The Echo Mountain Complex fire was discovered late Monday near Otis and prompted evacuations in Lincoln City.

Elias Newton Pendergrass is accused of first-degree arson in the Sweet Creek Milepost 2 fire, which covers 382 acres near the community of Mapleton.

"The fire is being investigated as an arson, and the nature of how the person died is part of that investigation," Ashland Police Chief Tighe O'Meara said Friday.

Spokane Police arrested a woman for allegedly starting fires in East Spokane while crews were trying to fix fallen power lines and put out electrical fires on Monday.

Because of the potential for serious injury and the fact that someone is tampering with the public power supply, the FBI is now assisting in the investigation.

The Sweet Creek Fires have prompted evacuations and have burned over 500 acres.

The fire Tuesday morning was an estimated 513 acres, said OFD spokesman Marcus Kauffman. The fire was reported to be about 500 acres Monday afternoon.

(Adds details from police chief, state fire marshal’s office) By Steve Gorman Sept 10 (Reuters) – Arson investigators have opened a probe into the suspicious origins of a deadly Oregon …

A Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputy seen in a viral video making what the sheriff’s office is calling “inappropriate statements,” while on duty has been placed on administrative leave, the agency...