Hundreds ordered to evacuate from fast-moving Northern California fire, official says
Friday’s fire comes as forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday across a large swath of the ...
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Fire near Rogue River ended up being campfire, ODF says
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. -- Crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry's Southwest Oregon District are responding to a fire ...
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Difficult fire season strains relationship between forestry department, Eastern Oregon landowners
At a board retreat Thursday, Oct. 17, in Pendleton, officials from the Oregon Department of Forestry went over the grim ...
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Fall outdoor burning season’s opening delayed again
The opening of fall outdoor burning season has been delayed for a second time this month, the Benton County Fire Defense ...
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Good Morning, News: PSU Professors Protest Layoff Notices, Tranquilized Coastal Cougar Shockingly Drowns, and Ranked Choice Voting Is Euchre
The Mercury provides its readers with interesting and useful news & culture reporting every single day. If you appreciate ...
Nude women adorn walls of saloon where Oregon forestry officials held meeting: ‘Hugely inappropriate’
As one (Forestry) staffer put it to me, ‘There are a lot of boobs in that room,'” said Casey Kulla, who attended the meeting.
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Former DEI Manager for Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Sues Agency
In her lawsuit, Julie Graves says she began working in July 2022 at the agency, which oversees Oregon state parks. Her job ...
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Wasco Co. debris burn ban lifted Oct. 19
With the upcoming forecasted cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) ...
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Central Oregon fire chiefs remind debris burning still closed, urge residents to contact local fire departments
The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs’ Association works with local, state and federal partners to determine when to collectively ...
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Fire danger level lowered to 'low' in Jackson, Josephine, Curry counties due to widespread rain
Lower temperatures and increased rain have caused the fire danger level to be lowered to "low" in Jackson, Josephine and ...
Fire season ends on North Coast
Fire season on the North Coast officially ended at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday. Logging operations will no longer be subject to fire protection laws in forestlands in the Northwest Oregon Area, which ...
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‘For a while, it looked like the whole world might burn’: In Oregon, grassland blazes are now sapping state resources
Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immedia ...