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06/17/2026

🐾 In Loving Memory of K9 Trusty 🐾

It is with deep sadness that the Salem Police Department announces the sudden passing of K9 Trusty due to a medical condition he was being treated for.

During his brief but impactful three years of service, Trusty and his handler, Officer Whitaker, completed extensive training and participated in numerous deployments. Their dedicated efforts led to the successful the capture of multiple suspects and the recovery of crime-related evidence. Additionally Trusty successfully located six missing persons, helping reunite them with their loves ones.

Trusty and Officer Whitaker actively engaged with the public, earning affection throughout Salem by visiting seniors and children, participating in school presentations, and attending community events such as the Halloween Dress Rehearsal, Breakfast with the Chief, National Night Out, and Shop with a Cop.

Police canines become a beloved part of an officer's family. Please keep Officer Whitaker and his family in your thoughts during this difficult time. Trusty will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

06/15/2026

June 14, 2026 - LODD
Lieutenant Isai Huerta, 29
Odessa Fire Rescue. Odessa, TX
At 4:59 p.m., Odessa Fire Rescue crews responded to a residential trailer fire in the 1900 block of South Westcliff Road. While firefighters were operating on scene, conditions deteriorated rapidly, resulting in injuries to three firefighters. All three firefighters were transported to Medical Center Hospital for treatment. Tragically, Lieutenant Huerta succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The two other firefighters injured during the incident did not sustain life-threatening injuries and are receiving care and support.

06/15/2026

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞-𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭

Beginning over night at 12:01AM, June 15th, 2026, all fire agencies within Washington County enacted a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban, based on a recommendation made by the Washington County Fire Defense Board and in alignment with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Washington County fire agencies include: Banks Fire District #13, Cornelius Fire Department, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Gaston Rural Fire District, Hillsboro Fire & Rescue, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.

The burn ban prohibits all the following:
- Backyard or open burning (branches, yard debris, etc.).
- Agricultural burning (agricultural wastes, crops, field burning, etc.).
- Any other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris, or controlled burning.

The burn ban does not prohibit:
- Small outdoor cooking, warming, or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.
- Barbecue grills, smokers, and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.

More restrictive fire safety rules may exist on and within 1/8 mile of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)-protected land throughout much of rural Washington County. ODF restrictions may include prohibitions on campfires, smoking, target shooting, powered equipment, motorized vehicles, and other public/private landowner and industrial fire restrictions. More details about ODF fire restrictions are available at https://gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html.

Outdoor fires in violation of this burn ban may be immediately extinguished. If a fire agency responds to a fire that has been started in willful violation of this burn ban, the person responsible may be liable for all costs incurred, as well as legal fees per ORS 478.965.

For more information visit: burndaymessage.com

06/15/2026

06/15/2026