Oregon fires near 900,000 acres; Riverside, Beachie Creek expected to merge
Nearly 900,000 acres of Oregon were burning Thursday in numerous large and small wildfires across the state – nearly double the amount of land…
Continue ReadingNearly 900,000 acres of Oregon were burning Thursday in numerous large and small wildfires across the state – nearly double the amount of land…
Continue ReadingOregon DEQ, partner agencies extend air quality advisory through at least Monday afternoon due to wildfire smoke from across the West…
Continue ReadingHere is an interactive map from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland, along with links to other live maps and the latest…
Continue ReadingHere is Thursday’s update on the Lionshead Fire, which has spread to the west to meet the Beachie Creek Fire, grown to more than 109,000 acres and…
Continue ReadingHere is Thursday morning’s update on the now-182,000-acre Beachie Creek Fire that tore through the Santiam Canyon earlier this week, causing heavy…
Continue ReadingWith many Central Oregonians looking for ways to help by donating items to wildfire evacuees arriving in Deschutes County, the American Red Cross…
Continue ReadingOROVILLE, Calilf. (AP) — Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes…
Continue ReadingOregon’s entire congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to President Trump, urging rapid approval of Gov. Kate Brown’s request for a federal…
Continue ReadingPolice say a wildfire that apparently began in the area of a BMX park on the north side of Ashland and burned hundreds of homes is a criminal…
Continue ReadingThe large number of wildfires closing highways across Oregon is having a major impact on travel, and that includes the state’s trucking…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon’s national forests, Crooked River Grassland, Prineville District BLM are banning all campfires, propane fire pits on federally managed…
Continue ReadingAt the Super 8 Motel in Redmond on Wednesday, many people were out and about, walking their dogs.…
Continue ReadingA woman in Sisters has taken three families under her wing after they were evacuated from their homes due the Holiday Farm…
Continue ReadingDeadly wind-blown wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest destroyed hundreds of homes in Oregon, the governor said Wednesday, warning it could…
Continue ReadingThe Bend and Redmond fire departments joined other agencies Wednesday in banning all recreational fires. We have that and other fire-related notices…
Continue ReadingHere are Wednesday’s full updates for the Lionshead, Santiam (formerly Beachie Creek) and Two Four Two…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown declared her first-ever statewide conflagration Wednesday amid an unprecedented number of destructive wildfires across Oregon that…
Continue ReadingTwo major highways into and out of Central Oregon closed by wildfires in recent days have reopened, ODOT said Wednesday, though the agency is…
Continue ReadingImagine driving through blood orange skies, as you evacuate a home you may never return to.…
Continue ReadingThe Two Four Two Fire that broke out Monday evening north of Chiloquin grew by late Tuesday night to about 10,000 acres, racing through dried grass,…
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