Several wind-fanned new and existing wildfires grew rapidly Monday night and Tuesday, prompting widespread evacuations and highway closures. Here’s a roundup of the latest information.
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A Silver Lake man hunting in the Ochocos with friends was killed Monday night when a tree fell and crashed down onto his camp trailer, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Good Tuesday, Central Oregon! The last few weeks we have been seeing above-average temperatures, but, today will be a different story. A high of 73 from the Roberts Field Almanac is six degrees below our average at this time of the year. Don’t get used to the cooler weather, though. Tomorrow, we will be back
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Bend resident Dave Ewing was heading home on state Highway 22 from the Valley on Monday night, like many holiday weekend travelers, when he started seeing and dodging fallen trees. Then he spotted a nearby wildfire, and a fallen tree knocked out power in the town of Gates.
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Firefighters battled both flames and high winds late Monday night when a costly fire broke out at a southeast Bend auto body shop. As investigators searched for a cause Tuesday, they also sought security video from any nearby businesses.
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Wind-fanned wildfires prompted a widespread Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation of the Santiam Canyon early Tuesday morning, from Mehama east to Idanha, including Mill City, Gates, Detroit and the North Fork corridor, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported.
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A new, wind-driven wildfire north of Chiloquin prompted more evacuations and still had U.S. Highway 97 closed Tuesday morning, having grown to more than 2,000 acres, U.S. Forest Service officials said.
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Amid high winds and smoky skies, a brush fire reported late Monday afternoon in a neighborhood south of Sunriver prompted a brief consideration of evacuations and a task force call-up, before crews stopped its advance.
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The annual Oregon AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic and call to action went virtual this year. The event included a panel of speakers.
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Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has issued another air quality advisory through Tuesday afternoon for Central Oregon, the Portland area, Willamette Valley and the Columbia River Gorge as strong winds sent dense smoke from Oregon and Washington swirling across the region.
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A Bank of America survey found that only 45% of Americans plan on hosting or attending barbecues Monday. The decrease is due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As many Central Oregonians spent the Labor Day holiday relaxing, hundreds of firefighters kept on working hard to contain or keep several wildfires contained amid a red flag warning, gusty winds, smoky skies and extreme fire conditions.
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Bend Pet Express held a free pet food assistance event at its Eastside location on Monday, thanks to a welcome donation.
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On Labor Day, NewsChannel 21 spoke with some Central Oregon residents about a very unusual summer, and how they made the best of it.
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Air Quality Alert for Bend, La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, and Sunriver is in place until Monday at 11pm.
Continue ReadingAn inmate at the Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario who tested positive for COVID-19 died Sunday at an area hospital, the sixth state prison inmate to die with the virus, Oregon Department of Corrections said Monday.
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A fire started outside a police precinct on Portland’s north side resulted in about 15 arrests during protests Sunday night into Monday morning, police said.
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The 3-week-old Lionshead Fire has grown to nearly 19,000 acres over the Labor Day weekend, prompting closure of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness and other forest areas, and crews were busy Monday preparing for strong winds that could test fire lines.
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Some farmers are bracing for the potential impact to their livelihood after the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the region on Sunday, saying strong winds and extremely dry conditions could likely lead to rapid fire spread.
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Due to the extreme predicted fire weather and red flag warnings in Sisters Country over the next few days, the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale Fire Districts announced Monday a ban on all recreational burning, effective immediately.
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