Tuesday updates on wildfires, highway closures, evacuation notices
Several wind-fanned new and existing wildfires grew rapidly Monday night and Tuesday, prompting widespread evacuations and highway closures. Here’s a…
Continue ReadingSeveral wind-fanned new and existing wildfires grew rapidly Monday night and Tuesday, prompting widespread evacuations and highway closures. Here’s a…
Continue ReadingBend resident Dave Ewing was heading home on state Highway 22 from the Valley on Monday night, like many holiday weekend travelers, when he started…
Continue ReadingA new, wind-driven wildfire north of Chiloquin prompted more evacuations and still had U.S. Highway 97 closed Tuesday morning, having grown to more…
Continue ReadingWind-fanned wildfires prompted a widespread Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation of the Santiam Canyon early Tuesday morning, from Mehama east to Idanha,…
Continue ReadingAmid high winds and smoky skies, a brush fire reported late Monday afternoon in a neighborhood south of Sunriver prompted a brief consideration of…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has issued another air quality advisory through Tuesday afternoon for Central Oregon, the Portland area,…
Continue ReadingAs many Central Oregonians spent the Labor Day holiday relaxing, hundreds of firefighters kept on working hard to contain or keep several wildfires…
Continue ReadingSome farmers are bracing for the potential impact to their livelihood after the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the region on…
Continue ReadingA fire started outside a police precinct on Portland’s north side resulted in about 15 arrests during protests Sunday night into Monday morning,…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingDue to the extreme predicted fire weather and red flag warnings in Sisters Country over the next few days, the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 482, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingPolice responding to a suspicious circumstances report Saturday evening found a Warm Springs man who died despite life-saving efforts, prompting an…
Continue ReadingWhile Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Jeremy “Spike” Cohen spoke in Portland early Sunday afternoon, presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen…
Continue ReadingA 34-year-old Bend man was arrested on assault and other charges Sunday afternoon, accused of stabbing and seriously wounding a 37-year-old Bend man…
Continue ReadingBend police asked the public for help Sunday in finding a suspect in an early-morning stabbing at a northeast Bend motel that left an 18-year-old…
Continue ReadingA 38-foot whale became stranded on the Oregon coast south of Bandon Saturday afternoon and later died, Oregon parks officials said…
Continue ReadingAn electrical failure at a utility pole caused a fire Saturday evening at the Robberson Ford dealership in northeast Bend that caused nearly $70,000…
Continue ReadingDozens of boats and hundreds of boaters took part in a rally in support of President Trump Saturday on the waters of Lake Billy…
Continue ReadingA 41-year-old Madras man who pleaded no contest to eight abuse and child pornography charges was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison earlier…
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