Firefighters continue making steady progress on the 15,580-acre East Evans Creek Fire west of Shady Cove, while crews in other parts of the state battle massive wildfires — including a 58,049-acre blaze that forced the temporary closure of a 70-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon on Monday.

MEDFORD — The Medford Mustangs’ unbeaten start to play at the Triple-A American Legion state tournament came to an end Monday night, as the Portland Barbers claimed an 11-3 victory in a winner’s bracket matchup at Harry & David Field.

In Monday’s two elimination games, the Area 4 champion Eugene Challengers claimed a 9-1 win over the Corvallis Marketmen and the Hillsdale Merchants toppled the Roseburg Dr. Stewarts with a 17-3 victory in five innings.

A truck driver from Medford was killed in a crash with another semi-truck near Portland last week, Oregon State Police said.

The crash was reported at 10:37 p.m. Thursday on Highway 26 about 20 miles east of Portland near Sandy in Clackamas County.

Troopers said a Volvo semi-truck and triple trailer operated by James Glenn Fisher, 62, of Medford rear-ended a Freightliner also pulling three trailers that had overheated and broke down in a lane of travel.

The first-ever Cruise the Rogue, held this past weekend in Grants Pass, handed out a variety of prizes and awards on Sunday morning for the top rides in the show.

A total of 473 cars were entered in Saturday’s Riverside Salon de L’Automobile at Riverside Park, organized by Main Street Grants Pass. It was accompanied by a show-and-shine at the same time.