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Overturned raft causes death on the Rogue
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, at about 12:41pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch 911 Center received a Text to the 911 line, from Agness resident Martin Gillette. Gillette reported the drowning of a woman at Two-Mile Rapids, upriver from Agness. Information was provided that the female victim was on a rafting excursion with three others and a dog that started at Foster Bar. Shortly after being on the water, the two females on the raft and a dog were flipped out at the Two-Mile...
CCSO's Search and Rescue team assists 2 missing hikers
Monday, July 1st, 2024 at about 9:54pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Dispatch 911 center received a 911 call from Jason Gaudio, reporting that his friend, twenty-three-year-old Rayse Kawamoto, from Hawaii, was missing after walking down the trail to Natural Bridges, about twelve miles north of Brookings. Gaudio reported that there was another male subject they had met on the same trail and that he has not returned to the parking lot as well. That subject was later identified as twenty-seven-year-old Austin Dewart from Pasadena, California....
Update: Be prepared for temperatures up to 115 degrees from Thursday to Monday
On Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. an updated excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid from Thursday 8 a.m. until Monday 9 p.m. for Eastern Curry County and Josephine County and Jackson County. The weather service says, "Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 110 to 115 degrees...
Update: Excessive heat watch issued for Central Douglas County and Eastern Curry County and Josephine County as well as Jackson County from Thursday to Sunday
The National Weather Service issued an updated excessive heat watch at 3:46 a.m. on Tuesday valid from Thursday 8 a.m. until Sunday 11 p.m. for Central Douglas County and Eastern Curry County and Josephine County as well as Jackson County. The weather service comments, "Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures...
Fire season increases to moderate on Saturday
The fire danger level on lands protected by Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) District will increase to Moderate (Blue) Saturday, June 29th, at 12:01 a.m. Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) will remain at 1(one) district wide. Lands affected by this declaration include state, private, county, city and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forestlands in Coos, Curry and Western Douglas counties. Beginning Saturday June 29th at 12:01 AM, the following public fire restrictions will be adjusted: ...
Oregon woman dies on Rogue River after being knocked out of raft
A 66-year-old woman from Powers died Saturday after she was knocked out of a raft on the Rogue River and drowned, according to the Curry County Sheriff’s Office. Mary Kohn began a float with three others and a dog from Foster Bar Boat Ramp, near Agness and east of Gold Beach in southern Oregon, officials said.
Fire season on CFPA protected lands begins
Fire season on lands protected by the Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) District began Friday, June 14, at 12:01 a.m. The fire danger level will be “low” (green) and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) will be 1 (one) district-wide. Lands affected by this declaration include state, private, county, city, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forestlands in Coos, Curry, and Western Douglas counties. Beginning Friday, the burning of debris...
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