Crater Lake National Park set to implement full fire ban
With the warm, dry and breezy conditions and continued elevated risk for wildland fire in Southern Oregon, Crater Lake National Park announced…
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Evacuations expand in Lake County as 227,000-acre Bootleg Fire spreads erratically
More Lake County residents living along the eastern edge of Southern Oregon’s Bootleg Fire were told to evacuate Thursday as the inferno once more…
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Gov. Brown announces 5 ‘Take Your Shot, Oregon’ $100,000 scholarship winners
Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday the five $100,000 scholarship winners of the Take Your Shot, Oregon campaign. Oregonians aged 12 to 17 who had…
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OSU study: Roadless forests see more, more severe blazes, but fire resilience is the result
Roadless national forests in the American West burn more often and at a slightly higher severity than national forests with roads, but the end…
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OSU researchers begin to unravel the mysteries of kombucha fermentation
Oregon State University scientists are beginning to unravel the key microorganisms that contribute to the fermentation of kombucha, research that is…
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Oregon OSHA plans to ‘aggressively’ enforce new heat rules, offers training tools
Following adoption of the nation’s strongest requirements to protect workers from heat stress, Oregon OSHA is offering educational and training…
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Crews make progress on wildfire in Tillamook State Forest as bigger blazes battled across Oregon
Firefighters from six Oregon Department of Forestry offices were engaged Wednesday, along with crews from South Fork and industrial forest landowners…
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ODOT crews hope to have fire-hit Highway 138E open again by weekend
Crews are working to reopen Oregon Highway 138E, affected by the Jack Fire, perhaps by this weekend, the Oregon Department of Transportation said…
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Oregon reports 3 more COVID-19 related deaths, 251 new cases
There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,803, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Bootleg Fire, largest in US, tops 200,000 acres; 21 homes, structures lost; area closures extended
The week-old Bootleg Fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, fueled by heat, wind and drought conditions, has grown to over 200,000 acres, making…
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Oregon jobless rate falls to 5.6%, but 40,000 have been out of work for a year or more
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped from 5.8% in May, as revised, to 5.6% in June, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday.…
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Crews battle new, 60-acre wildfire south of Detroit Lake
A new fire reported Monday afternoon eight miles south of Detroit Lake has burned about 60 acres, Willamette National Forest officials said…
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New wildfire breaks out south of Detroit Lake as larger fires rage on around state
Amid several large wildfires raging across Oregon, a new, smaller blaze reported Monday afternoon on the Willamette National Forest drew quick…
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Oregon’s Capitol, closed for 16 months due to COVID, reopens to public
After 16 months of being closed to the public as a COVID-19 safety measure, Oregon’s Capitol building has reopened.…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 4 delayed from last year; 506 new cases over past three days
There are five newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,797, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Bootleg Fire grows to over 153,000 acres after spreading 12 miles, through Sycan Estates; structures lost
Days of extreme fire behavior ratcheted upwards on a hot, dry and windy Saturday as the Bootleg Fire again doubled in size to nearly 144,000 acres,…
Continue ReadingAmid extreme conditions, Bootleg Fire nearly doubles in size yet again, to 144,000 acres
Fire crews on Saturday faced the fifth day in a row of extreme, intense fire behavior on the Bootleg Fire, which again nearly doubled in size to…
Continue ReadingBentz talks drought, Big Tech, ‘Greater Idaho’ and more with NewsChannel 21
NewsChannel 21’s Alec Nolan had an exclusive talk Saturday at the KTVZ studios with Rep. Cliff Bentz about issues from his first six months in…
Continue ReadingCouple ambushed, robbed at gas station in northeast Portland
By SARAH HURWITZ Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Northeast Portland woman says she was…
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Wind-driven Bootleg Fire near Sprague River grows to nearly 39,000 acres; evacuations in place
The wind- and heat-fanned Bootleg Fire continues to grow rapidly, to nearly 39,000 acres as of Friday morning, burning on the Fremont-Winema National…
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