A week ago, the Darlene 3 wildfire broke out on public lands near the community of La Pine. “Fortunately, decades of land treatments performed by the…
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A week after the fast-growing Darlene 3 Fire forced hundreds of La Pine-area residents to evacuate their homes, the blaze held by crews at just under…
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– As the Darlene 3 Fire reportedly reaches 100% containment, all of those affected by the fire are able to return home. But for…
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Due to increasingly hot and dry conditions, as well as increased fire starts, the Deschutes National Forest, Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River…
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Firefighters on the 4-day-old Darlene 3 Fire southeast of La Pine have the blaze fully lined and 50% contained, officials said Saturday. The reduced…
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In the weeks and months before the threat posed by the Darlene 3 Fire, residents in La Pine were noticing another increase in home insurance, as…
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The La Pine community has come together in many ways large and small to assist evacuees from the Darlene 3 Fire this week – and not just the…
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Darlene 3 Fire…
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“Significant resources” responded Wednesday to a new lightning-sparked wildfire, the Little Valley Fire near Harper in Eastern Oregon, which quickly…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A bird met its unfortunate demise in an encounter with a Central Electric Co-Op transformer east of Bend on Tuesday morning,…
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A brush fire that Redmond firefighters stopped at about an acre just east of the city Tuesday evening prompted Pacific Power to enact an emergency,…
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NewsChannel 21’s Demetrious Gamble talked to residents in the area of Tuesday’s Darlene 3 Fire near La Pine, including an evacuee and others worried…
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Darlene 3 Fire burning Tuesday near La Pine,…
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The Long Bend Fire, which broke out late Saturday afternoon on the west side of the Deschutes River southwest of Maupin, has grown to more than…
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A warm early summer Monday had firefighters scrambling to put out several new fires around the region, from a small blaze in the woods east of…
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Fire personnel spotted an illegal drone flying in the area of the Upper Applegate Fire Friday evening, Jackson County sheriff’s deputies said.…
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Fire season is starting to ramp up in Central Oregon, as two larger blazes in recent days prove. And as usual, the vast majority are human-caused,…
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In recent weeks, nearly 2,000 acres have been set on fire in Central Oregon forests, to reduce the risk of destructive wildfires. The pilot project…
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Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District firefighters have canceled Thursday’s planned 113-acre prescribed burn four miles southwest of Bend, saying changing…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University researchers have found that U.S. adults are fairly confident in linking wildfires and heat to…
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