Cooler weather and rain is helping reduce fire behavior on several large, weeks-old blazes around Oregon, but new blazes continue to emerge,…
Continue Reading
Autumn rainfall and cooler temperatures have reduced fire behavior, prompting the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Monday to drop all evacuation…
Continue Reading
An Emergency Response Team of resource specialists who began field surveys and an assessment of the Bedrock Fire burned areas earlier this month…
Continue Reading
With increasingly cooler weather and various levels of precipitation across Central Oregon, the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River…
Continue Reading
Due to moderating weather conditions leading to decreased Petes Lake Fire activity, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it is lowering…
Continue Reading
As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, the BLM is preparing for fall and winter prescribed burning. Fuels specialists may begin…
Continue Reading
This week’s cooler temperatures and forecast rain in places are welcome signs for the more than 900 firefighters still working to fully contain…
Continue Reading
Firefighters on Monday reached 25% containment of the day-old Trout Creek Fire that raced across 1,550 acres of private ranchland about 10 miles…
Continue Reading
The Petes Lake Fire in the Three Sisters Wilderness that more than quadrupled in size in a day to over 2,000 acres Friday saw more growth Saturday…
Continue Reading
The Lookout Fire on the Willamette National Forest put up much more smoke again this weekend due to the hot, windy conditions, but containment lines…
Continue Reading
Preliminary findings in the investigation of the August 20 Juniper Creek Fire that prompted Level 3 evacuations west of Lake Billy Chinook indicate…
Continue Reading
– It’s now been 20 years since the B&B Complex Fire — two big fires that merged into a giant one — exploded in the Deschutes National Forest…
Continue Reading
ODOT reopened Oregon Highway 242, the McKenzie Highway, Tuesday morning following reductions in Lookout Fire evacuation levels. A 15-mile stretch…
Continue Reading
The Cascade Lakes Highway reopened Saturday with a pilot car escort between Elk and Lava lakes after a closure for several days so crews on the Petes…
Continue Reading
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to recent precipitation and moderating conditions, the Willamette National Forest announced Thursday it is…
Continue Reading
The Bald Mountain Fire Lookout is the tallest lookout tower on the Fremont-Winema Forest. Ron Rommel has been staffing the tower since…
Continue Reading
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office on Monday dropped Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders near the Bensel Fire that broke out Sunday in Hermiston,…
Continue Reading
(Update: Adding Thursday update, reduced acreage) Shaded fuel break being created along Cascade Lakes Highway SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Due to the…
Continue Reading
Three small spot fires from the Lookout Fire were discovered Wednesday morning east of Highway 126 and four miles north of Belknap Springs, prompting…
Continue Reading
A new wildfire southeast of Wasco in north-central Oregon raced across more than 2,300 acres on both sides of the John Day River on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading