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Oregon Braces for Severe Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Conditions
Pendleton, OR – This weekend, Oregon is set to experience a volatile mix of severe weather conditions that pose significant risks for wildfires and flash flooding. Starting Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pendleton has issued alerts for thunderstorms capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, erratic winds, and dangerous outflow gusts. These conditions are expected to impact the Lower Columbia Basin and Kittitas Valley fire zones, elevating the potential for new fire starts and the rapid spread of existing fires.
Stalled gun control Measure 114 continues to divide Oregon: Doctors, ministers vs. ranchers, farmers
Physicians who operate on gunshot victims and ranchers seeking to protect their property have lined up on opposite sides of the state’s appeal to overturn a Harney County judge’s ruling that Oregon’s voter-approved gun control Measure 114 is unconstitutional. More than two dozen groups signed off on...
TIMELINE: Saturday’s severe storm around the Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Severe weather is threatening much of western Oregon and southwest Washington Saturday as a KOIN 6 Weather Alert goes into place. A sunny and warm start to the day might catch some off guard around Portland on Saturday morning, but it’s that sunshine and heat that will help storms develop later in the day.
Oregon grocery workers union backs both Republican Chavez-DeRemer and Democrat Bynum
Oregon’s largest private sector union won’t take sides in the state’s most competitive congressional race, saying both Republican incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum are “friends of labor.” United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, which represents more than 30,000 members across Oregon, Idaho, southwestern Washington and Wyoming, gave both Chavez-DeRemer and Bynum […]
Oregon DEQ extends Deschutes County air quality advisory until at least Monday due to wildfire smoke
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued another air quality advisory for Deschutes, Klamath and Lake counties on Friday due to continued smoke from wildfires in Oregon and California. DEQ said it expects the air quality advisory to last until at least Monday afternoon. DEQ also expects intermittent smoke in the following The post Oregon DEQ extends Deschutes County air quality advisory until at least Monday due to wildfire smoke appeared first on KTVZ.
Drought has cost the hydropower industry billions in losses in two decades, analysis finds
Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. The sector lost about 300 million megawatt hours of power generation between 2003 and 2020 due to drought...
More senior Oregonians, those with disabilities, to become eligible for in-home service
Thanks to a thumbs-up from a federal agency, more older adults and people with disabilities in Oregon could receive more options for support to continue to live independently in their own home. The Oregon Health Authority said Thursday, Aug. 15, that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had OK’d the expansion of a program within the Oregon Department of Human Services. That means Oregon can launch a new version of Oregon Project Independence supported by Medicaid funds. ...
Remains of U.S. POW who survived Bataan Death March identified
The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday.The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins, 20, were identified after being exhumed along with other unknown soldiers buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, the Department of Defense said.The department's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, tasked with recovering prisoners of war and service members missing in action, said Calkins was captured after U.S. troops in Bataan province surrendered to Japanese forces. After surviving the harrowing 65-mile Bataan Death March, he...
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