Danielle Weaver figured she’d be shoveling snow in the middle of January rather than spraying water on a wildfire that has killed 17 people and destroyed about 9,000 homes near Pasadena, California.
JOHN DAY — It's been a long, hot summer in Grant County.
The Hayden fire has been burning since July19, and the Elkhorn fire has been burning since July 24.
KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. — More than 500 firefighters have been brought in for a wildfire that as of 8 p.m., Monday, July 24, 2023, had burned nearly 52,000 acres in Klickitat County, Washington.
WHITE SALMON, Wash. — A wildfire sparked Sunday, July 2, near White Salmon, Washington, continues to burn near the Columbia River, where it has put hundreds of residents under evacuation orders.
Risk is increasing seasonally as some storms bring lightning but not always much moisture, and as temperatures rise to dry out fine fuels such as grass and brush.
The Idaho Department of Lands will provide primary wildfire protection on more land under an updated interagency agreement. Growth in the wildland-urban interface also is addressed in the Idah…
MT. VERNON — Fire crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Malheur National Forest and Grayback Forestry battled a 200-acre blaze that broke out around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, and b…
A tractor that plowed swathes through rangeland in northern Malheur County more than two decades ago is a major reason why the Willowcreek fire, the biggest blaze in the area so far this year,…
WALLOWA COUNTY — As the one-year mark of the beginning of the Elbow Creek Fire passes, Wallowa County residents are still waiting for officials to determine a cause.
ELGIN —The Eagle Cap Excursion Train, which recently returned from a COVID-19 restriction hiatus, will no longer be offering rides this summer.
PENDLETON — Extreme fire danger, large wildfires and few firefighting resources prompted U.S. Forest Service officials on Friday morning, July 16, to temporarily close the entire Umatilla Nati…
MILTON-FREEWATER — The largest fire burning in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s northeastern district is under control and under investigation.
WALLOWA COUNTY — Julie Wheeler is on a mission from God — a mission to help heal wounded warriors with Divide Camp.
A wildfire in eastern Baker County that had major potential for rapid growth ended up fizzling early Monday evening, July 5, but it took half a dozen aircraft, along with bulldozers and firefi…
LA GRANDE — Fire crews in Northeast Oregon and Southeast Washington are responding to multiple reports of smoke and fire following passing thunderstorms Wednesday, June 30, according to a pres…
PENDLETON — Firefighters contained a roughly 30-acre wildfire that burned Wednesday, June 30, for about an hour on the south side of Interstate 84 just west of Pendleton.
PENDLETON — The word “unprecedented” isn’t thrown around lightly in meteorology, but the heat wave enveloping Eastern Oregon and the rest of the Northwest has no recorded historical precedent.
PENDLETON — As a record-breaking drought and heat wave scorches Eastern Oregon, Umatilla County and the city of Pendleton banned fireworks as residents prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July.
BAKER CITY — Joel McCraw needed to find someone willing to spend the summer atop a mountain that has a three-state view but is far out of sight of any coffee shop or grocery store.
PENDLETON — Encompassing nearly 70,000 square miles, Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District is not easy to traverse if a lawmaker wants to be thorough about meeting with constituents.
ENTERPRISE — The early beginning of Oregon’s wildfire season was brief, but spectacular. Just one day after the Interagency Team 7 overhead team assumed command of the Joseph Canyon and Dry Cr…
JOSEPH — Extreme winds Saturday, June 5, challenged air resources battling the Joseph Canyon Fire, but also aided the suppression effort by pushing the active fire line back onto itself in som…
BAKER CITY — Noel Livingston and Joel McCraw ponder the coming fire season with not a small amount of dread.
WESTON — Money from the American Rescue Plan could be a game changer for East Umatilla Fire & Rescue, according to Fire Chief David Baty.
SALEM — Pendleton would join Bend and Redmond in an affordable housing pilot program under a bill now one step from legislative approval.
SALEM — Opposition to post-wildfire tree removal in Oregon is growing and shifting from legislative hearings to protests among environmental activists.
PENDLETON — The Umatilla/Morrow Chapter of the Oregon Small Woodlands Association is inviting forest landowners to its Spring 2021 Field Day on Saturday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 5538…
PENDLETON — Despite rain showers over the weekend in much of Northeast Oregon, fire officials say the region is still ripe for wildfires.
After two years of black clouds hovering over the public pool, 2021 will be the year the Joe Humbert Family Aquatic Center will be fully open for a full season, Milton-Freewater city leaders p…
BAKER CITY — They wind their way between the pines like wraiths, dripping dollops of fire with each stride.
SALEM — The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) has provided $45,000 in wildfire assistance to ranchers and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) impacted by the severe and tragic wi…
LA GRANDE — The Oregon Department of Forestry is putting to work in Northeast Oregon some of the $5 million it was granted in January by the Oregon Legislative Emergency Board for reducing wil…
KLAMATH FALLS — For the second straight year, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a drought emergency in Klamath County.
PENDLETON — Officials in Umatilla and Morrow counties are ramping up vaccine efforts after receiving approval from the state on Monday, March 22, to broaden eligibility to agricultural workers…
SALEM — It’s one year into the pandemic and Oregon has managed to contain the spread of COVID-19 better than most of the states in the nation.
SALEM — Oregon will speed up its COVID-19 vaccination timeline to make all adult residents 16 years and older eligible for a shot by May 1, 2021, the governor announced Friday. That’s the date…
SUMMERVILLE — Kathy Oliver does not know what the future holds but she does know this: Her 15th year as a member of the Elgin Lions Club promises to be one of her most memorable — and busiest.
LOSTINE CANYON — Despite past controversy, hard work and uncertain weather, the Lostine Corridor Public Safety Project is well underway, just past the halfway point in efforts to remove hazard…
PENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College turned to a familiar face to hold down the fort while it searches for a new president. But Connie Green’s second tenure leading the college will be …
Environmentalists, working alongside timber industry professionals, helped end the ban on logging trees over 21 inches.
PENDLETON — One year ago, the ordinarily calm Umatilla River shape-shifted into a raging, rising monster that breached its banks and invaded homes.
MISSION — The floods of February 2020 still weigh heavy on the minds of Brent Hall and Rachael Owen, whose home on River Road, about 12 miles east of Pendleton on the Umatilla Indian Reservati…
LA GRANDE — Snow is proving to be a friend and foe this winter for Jesse Reed of Union as he helps reduce the odds of a catastrophic wildfire someday striking the Grande Ronde Valley.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, has been named to the House Natural Resources Committee. The freshman lawmaker will sit on the panel that deals with legislation affecting water,…
PENDLETON — Northeast Oregon tribal leaders are applauding President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-New Mexico, to lead the Department of Interior as part of his incoming admi…
The Trump administration is overturning a decades-old ban on logging large trees in six national forests across Eastern Oregon and southeast Washington.
PENDLETON — A grant meant to provide temporary COVID-19 relief could also provide a permanent boost to Pendleton’s homeless services.
Large trees, defined as 21 inches in diameter or bigger, make up just 3% of national forests in central and eastern Oregon, yet they store a disproportionately massive 42% of above-ground carb…
ELGIN — Despite the presence of familiar rumors, Elgin residents received a jolt this week when they learned their town’s 56-year-old Boise Cascade plywood plant soon could close.
PENDLETON — In May, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that carbon dioxide levels were recorded at an average of over 417 …
UMATILLA COUNTY — The temporary ban on nonagricultural burning in unincorporated parts of Umatilla County will officially by lifted at noon on Thursday, Oct. 22.
ELGIN — The Boise Cascade Company announced it could shutdown its plywood plant in Elgin in early 2021.
ENTERPRISE — The Wallowa Whitman and Umatilla national forests will receive $2.7 million to improve forest resiliency, reduce long-term costs of fire management and improve watershed condition…
PENDLETON — Infrastructure and forest management were among the primary topics of concern during a Wednesday, Oct. 14, virtual town hall held by Sen. Ron Wyden for Eastern Oregon residents.
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