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Beachie Creek Fire estimated at 130,000 acres; evacuees flee to C.O. amid devastation
High winds Monday night fanned the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires, prompting Level 3 evacuations and closure of state Highway 22 through the…
Continue ReadingHigh winds Monday night fanned the Beachie Creek and Lionshead fires, prompting Level 3 evacuations and closure of state Highway 22 through the…
Continue ReadingOne of the major fires ignited during Monday’s windstorm, the Holiday Farm Fire along the McKenzie River, grew to 37,000 acres Tuesday, having…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 486, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingTaylor Trautman’s first day as principal of Barnes Butte Elementary in Prineville was probably different than she…
Continue ReadingDangerous fire conditions and spreading wildfires across the state on Tuesday prompted the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to close several…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Corrections said Tuesday it has evacuated nearly 1,500 inmates from three Salem prisons due to threats from the Beachie…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battled both flames and high winds late Monday night when a costly fire broke out at a southeast Bend auto body shop. As investigators…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office asked the public for help Tuesday afternoon in finding a missing La Pine-area man last seen late Monday…
Continue ReadingHigh winds pushed the Lionshead Fire from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation onto the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area of the Willamette National…
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…
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