Fire potential remains high across Oregon through the 4th of July weekend. The continued drought, recent heat wave and forecast hot temperatures…
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Hot, dry conditions persist across Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District, presenting extreme fire risk in wildland fuels. …
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Due to exceptionally hot temperatures and dry conditions, Deschutes County said Wednesday it has approved an order declaring a local emergency and…
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A new round of thunderstorms flashed through the High Desert Wednesday evening with dramatic skies and lightning peppering the region amid a fire…
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Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency due to the imminent threat of wildfires across Oregon, a danger underscored by Central Oregon fire…
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Two residents escaped unharmed, but lost everything when a fire destroyed their home on Northwest Deer Lane west of Prineville Tuesday afternoon and…
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The FBI said Wednesday it is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of those…
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Task-force firefighters were still busy putting out hot spots Wednesday on two blazes that burned about 90 acres Tuesday in southeast Redmond,…
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Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act on Wednesday in response to the Wrentham Market Fire that broke out in Wasco County Tuesday…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday said climate change is driving an increased threat from wildfires as he announced new federal response plans during…
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Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday declared a state of emergency due to the imminent threat of wildfire across…
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A fast-spreading brushfire broke out early Tuesday afternoon in southeast Redmond and may have sparked a second, larger fire, both putting up thick…
Continue Reading Additional restrictions for industrial forest operations in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Prineville and John Day units will begin at 12:01…
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Deschutes County commissioners voted Monday to impose public use restrictions on unprotected lands within the county and on all county-owned land, to…
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A fast-growing wildfire near the town of Weed, California prompted evacuations Monday and the closure of U.S. Highway 97 at the Oregon-California…
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A new wildfire Sunday afternoon burned about 1,000 acres of grass, juniper and sagebrush south of Grass Valley in Sherman County, but firefighters…
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Two abandoned structures burned Sunday afternoon on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, quickly spreading to the surrounding brush before fire crews…
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Senator Ron Wyden told reporters online Saturday he has been working to make sure federal, state and local agencies have the resources they need to…
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Firefighters on Saturday reported more progress on week-old wildfires on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and in Klamath County, but new, small…
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An illegal multi-shot set of fireworks ignited a 100-foot section of arborvitae trees lining the baseball diamond outfield at Stover Park in…
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