Drivers traveling north on I-5 through Medford tonight should plan for short delays due to scheduled road maintenance.

Fires are burning in seven Oregon counties, and the Almeda Drive Fire in southern Oregon prompted evacuation orders in much of Medford, a city of about 80,000 residents.

Eight large wildfires started this week in Oregon, even as a previous cluster passed 200,000 acres and continued to burn. Among the new fires is the Almeda Drive Fire, burning along Interstate 5 ...