Blue River’s unofficial ‘mayor’: Town ‘100% gone’ due to Holiday Farm Fire
As the Holiday Farm Fire rages on, burning 145,000 acres as of Thursday, people who had to evacuate the McKenzie River Valley are left wondering if…
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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…
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With so many fires blazing, DEQ issues statewide air quality alert until Monday
Oregon DEQ, partner agencies extend air quality advisory through at least Monday afternoon due to wildfire smoke from across the West…
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Bend man gets 18 months in Deschutes County Courthouse hoax bomb
A Bend man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Thursday for placing a hoax bomb at the Deschutes County Courthouse in July of 2019, U.S.…
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Oregon reports 3 more COVID-19 deaths, 187 new cases; case count dropping
COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 497, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Fire Alert: Interactive maps of major Northwest fires; links to more maps, info
Here is an interactive map from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in Portland, along with links to other live maps and the latest…
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Lionshead Fire update: Now over 109,000 acres, 5% contained, 1,000 firefighters
Here 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…
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Beachie Creek Fire at 182,000 acres; roads being reopened into areas of heavy damage
Here 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…
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C. Oregonians seek to help evacuees; Red Cross deals with COVID-19 health risks
With many Central Oregonians looking for ways to help by donating items to wildfire evacuees arriving in Deschutes County, the American Red Cross…
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OSU-Cascades aims for ‘net-zero’ energy in expansion
OSU-Cascades officials and contractors met with reporters Wednesday afternoon to show and discuss the progress so far and what’s still to come in…
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Destructive Almeda Fire now criminal investigation; body found in area
Police 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…
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Central Oregonians come together to help feed evacuated pets
At the Super 8 Motel in Redmond on Wednesday, many people were out and about, walking their dogs.…
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Sisters woman offers three evacuated families shelter after fleeing Holiday Farm Fire
A woman in Sisters has taken three families under her wing after they were evacuated from their homes due the Holiday Farm…
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NW wildfires destroy 100s of homes; boy, 12, grandmother killed in Santiam Fire
Deadly wind-blown wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest destroyed hundreds of homes in Oregon, the governor said Wednesday, warning it could…
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help to find fugitive, assault suspect
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s help Wednesday in finding a fugitive wanted in an assault and robbery case last week…
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Wednesday wildfire updates: Lionshead, Santiam, Two Four Two blazes
Here are Wednesday’s full updates for the Lionshead, Santiam (formerly Beachie Creek) and Two Four Two…
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Gov. Brown declares statewide conflagration; several towns ‘substantially destroyed’
Gov. Kate Brown declared her first-ever statewide conflagration Wednesday amid an unprecedented number of destructive wildfires across Oregon that…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 8 more COVID-19 deaths, including Deschutes County’s 12th
COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, including Deschutes County’s 12th death, raising the state’s death toll to 494, the Oregon Health…
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Highways 20 and 97 reopen, others closed; drivers urged to use ‘extreme caution’
Two major highways into and out of Central Oregon closed by wildfires in recent days have reopened, ODOT said Wednesday, though the agency is…
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Deschutes County distributes $4.4 million in CARES Act funding
Deschutes County commissioners have allocated the remaining $4.39 million of federal funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund from the Coronavirus…
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