Nearly all of the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, authorities said, as crews continued to battle wildfires that have killed at least 33 victims from California to Washington state.
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Second Chance Bird Rescue in Bend is offering space, food or supplies to the feathered friends of any wildfire evacuees.
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Point Hope, a Bend nonprofit, is accepting donations of food, clothing and other items for wildfire evacuees at the My Place Hotel.
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With dense smoke flooding Central Oregon, many airlines were forced to cancel flights out of Redmond Airport on Friday and Saturday. Airport manger Zach Bass said the air quality is too poor for ground crews to work safely.
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Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as firefighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some towns and displaced tens of thousands of people, the latest in a series of calamities this year.
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The 250 or so residents of the Lake County town of Paisley were told to evacuate Saturday due to burnout operations on the 8,000-acre Brattain Fire burning about 10 miles to the southwest, ahead of a red flag warning for expected extreme fire behavior on Sunday.
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Also launches wildfire resource web page WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday that Oregon has received the federal funding it needs to train two additional National Guard teams to help fight wildfires in the state. On Wednesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced her intention to train the additional teams. However, the National Guard
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At least seven people have died and dozens more are missing amid dozens of Oregon wildfires that have burned more than a million acres, put a half-million Oregonians under evacuation alerts or orders and sent hazardous smoke pouring across the state, officials said Friday, adding that the largest blazes are likely to burn until the fall rains.
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Oregon Highway 138E (the North Umpqua Highway) is expected to remain closed between Glide and U.S. Highway 97 for at least a week due to hazardous conditions related to heavy winds and local wildfires, ODOT said Friday.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday expanded a forest closure to large portions of the Metolius area and the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness as a precaution against potential wildfire spread from the Lionshead Fire. In addition, all sections of the Pacific Crest Trail on the Deschutes National
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Morgan Emerson of the Deschutes County Health Department says masks used to prevent COVID-19 work differently from masks that help prevent smoke inhalation.
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Businesses across Central Oregon closed their doors Friday due to the heavy smoke clouding the state.
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As expected, a shift in winds blew thick smoke from the region’s wildfires into the High Desert late Thursday and Friday morning, sending air-quality indexes soaring into the “hazardous” category.
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As poor air quality continues to hit Central Oregon, there seems to be no escape from the smoke.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Kate Brown will hold a wildfire press briefing today at 1 p.m. The governor will be joined by Mariana Ruiz-Temple, State Fire Marshal at the Office of the State Fire Marshal; Doug Grafe, Chief of Fire Protection at the Oregon Department of Forestry; Andrew Phelps, Director of the Oregon Office of Emergency
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The FBI in Oregon joined local law enforcement on Friday in saying they have investigated reports and found no evidence that extremist groups are responsible for the numerous wildfires hitting the Northwest.
Continue Reading President Donald J. Trump has declared that an emergency exists in the State of Oregon and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from wildfires beginning on Sept. 8 and continuing.
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BOTHELL, Wash. (KTVZ) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized the use of federal funds Thursday to help with firefighting costs for the Clackamas County Complex Fire and two other blazes, on the coast and in southern Oregon. FEMA Region 10 Administrator Mike O’Hare determined that the fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute
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With wildfires raging all over the West Coast, much of the air support to help ground crews tackle those blazes comes from or through the air tanker base at the Redmond Air Center, by the Redmond Airport.
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Workers and volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul were busy Thursday preparing meals, clothing and grocery bags.
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