A Bend man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Thursday for placing a hoax bomb at the Deschutes County Courthouse in July of 2019, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said. A second man charged in the case awaits trial.
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COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 497, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Here is an interactive map from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland, along with links to other live maps and the latest information on fires around the region.
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As the Holiday Farm Fire rages on, burning 145,000 acres as of Thursday, people who had to evacuate the McKenzie River Valley are left wondering if they will have homes to return to. And the answer will be tragic for far too many.
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Here is Thursday’s update on the Lionshead Fire, which has spread to the west to meet the Beachie Creek Fire, grown to more than 109,000 acres and has a firefighting force of 1,000 battling it.
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Here is Thursday morning’s update on the now-182,000-acre Beachie Creek Fire that tore through the Santiam Canyon earlier this week, causing heavy damage in several communities.
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Over the last couple of days, winds have mostly been coming out of the southeast, helping keep our smoke levels at a minimum. However, a big change is on the way Thursday that should impact those smoke levels, as well as our air quality. By the evening, winds will shift to instead coming out of
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OROVILLE, Calilf. (AP) — Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes while carving a 25-mile path of destruction through mountainous terrain and parched foothills, authorities said Wednesday. California Highway Patrol Officer Ben Draper told the Bay Area News Group that one person was found
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The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation is excited to announce that the Annual Skyliners Ski Swap will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 9th & 10th at the Pavilion (Ice Rink), 1001 SW Bradbury Way in Bend.
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Oregon’s mental health treatment system has systemic issues that limit the state’s ability to meet the ever-growing needs of Oregonians, according to an audit released Wednesday by Secretary of State Bev Clarno.
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Oregon’s entire congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to President Trump, urging rapid approval of Gov. Kate Brown’s request for a federal emergency declaration and disaster relief for unprecedented wildfires.
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Police say a wildfire that apparently began in the area of a BMX park on the north side of Ashland and burned hundreds of homes is a criminal investigation, and that a person was found dead in the area.
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OSU-Cascades officials and contractors met with reporters Wednesday afternoon to show and discuss the progress so far and what’s still to come in their campus expansion project.
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The large number of wildfires closing highways across Oregon is having a major impact on travel, and that includes the state’s trucking industry.
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Volunteers with First Interstate Bank in Bend spent part of their Wednesday sewing hundreds of masks to donate to front-line workers at the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, among other volunteer duties around the community.
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Central Oregon’s national forests, Crooked River Grassland, Prineville District BLM are banning all campfires, propane fire pits on federally managed public lands starting Friday amid extreme fire danger and dozens of wildfires across the state.
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At the Super 8 Motel in Redmond on Wednesday, many people were out and about, walking their dogs.
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Deadly wind-blown wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest destroyed hundreds of homes in Oregon, the governor said Wednesday, warning it could be the greatest loss of life and property from wildfire in state history.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help Wednesday in finding a fugitive wanted in an assault and robbery case last week near Sunriver.
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Clear skies with smoke and haze is expected to continue overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
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