The untamed ferocity of wildfires has long been a force of nature, shaping landscapes and ecosystems in both destructive and transformative ways. Once flames move across forests and leave trails…
Burnin’ down the house
2020 was an eventful year, with the new COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide uprising for Black lives and police abolition after the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In…
Shelter from the storm
Wind It didn’t feel like the beginning of the longest week of their lives. Chelsey Huff, 28, was relaxing at home in Oregon City with her husband, mother-in-law, two young…
Too close for comfort
Wildfires in Oregon are not unusual, yet the 2020 wildfire season was anything but normal. An historic extreme wind event struck the West Coast on Monday, Sept. 7. Fire…
What A Week Sept. 10-16
Portland’s facial recognition ban, Oregon wildfires, the Woodward tapes, alleged ICE human rights abuses, and Hong Kong travel advisories.
PSU offers free shelter at University Place Hotel for wildfire evacuees
Portland State announced Friday it would offer free rooms in University Place Hotel for the PSU community—including students, staff and faculty—and their families who have been forced to evacuate from…