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Attorney General candidate visits county fair
Election Day is around the corner, and in an effort to connect with Columbia County voters, Oregon Attorney General candidate Will Lathrop took a trip to the Columbia County Fair & Rodeo. The July 18 visit was the fifth stop Lathrop has made in the county while on the campaign trail. Lathrop, a Republican, is running against Oregon Representative Dan Rayfield for the role of Oregon Attorney General. During his...
Excessive heat warning predicted to expire at 8 p.m.
The warning was for Oregon Lower Treasure Valley and Malheur County. "Temperatures Thursday will lower about ten degrees following tonight's cold front. Friday is expected to be another several degrees cooler," states the National Weather Service. Weather service Heat safety: Protecting yourself in hot conditions. Stay hydrated: Keep yourself well-hydrated...
See it: Oregon now battling country’s largest 'megafire'
The Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon has burned around a quarter of a million after lighting started the blaze around July 17. Travel along Interstate 84 has been intermittently shut down, and evacuations have been issued after the fire doubled in size.
Marble-sized hail anticipated with thunderstorms in Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon Wednesday
A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Wednesday at 5:31 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 6 p.m. for Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon. Brace for marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) and wind gusts of up to 50 mph. "At 5:31 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm 9...
Woman exits Oregon prison 21 months late after state corrections agency ‘really screwed up’
In April, Bridget McDermott was a prisoner at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility and expected to spend another six months there before her release, which the corrections agency projected for Oct. 4. But the prison’s calculation was wrong. She spent an extra 21 months in Oregon’s women’s prison when she should have been free, after serving about 14 years on a 2010 robbery, burglary and kidnapping conviction in Lane County. Her...
Numerous large wildfires raging across Oregon; here’s latest updates on several of the biggest
CONDON, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Here's Wednesday's official updates on several of the large fires burning across Oregon:. Location: Lonerock, Oregon to west of Highway 207| Size: 134,752 acres | Containment: 40% | Cause: Under Investigation | Start Date: July 13, 2024 | Total Personnel: 1,031. InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/orprd-lone-rock-fire. Fire Information Line:...
Avangrid Begins Largest Solar Grazing Operation in the Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 23, 2024-- Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has partnered with a fifth-generation Oregon rancher to graze sheep at two solar farms in Oregon and Washington, and launched the largest “solar grazing” operation in the region. Solar grazing is a vegetation management method used at solar energy facilities that uses grazing livestock, like sheep, instead of machinery. Sheep are effective at limiting the growth of weeds and vegetation, cutting down on wildfire risks while replacing the use of gas-powered machines. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240723512197/en/ Sheep graze at Pachwáywit Fields solar farm in Oregon (Photo: Business Wire)
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL MAN FOLLOWING ALLEGED ASSAULT INCIDENT
Roseburg Police jailed a man following an alleged assault incident Wednesday night. An RPD report said at 8:30 p.m. officers responded to the corner of Southeast Cass Avenue and Southeast Rose Street downtown after a caller said there had been a stabbing. Officers contacted the victim who said had confronted a man, later identified as 34-year-old Levi Viviani, for how he was treating a woman in the area. The victim claimed that Viviani swung at him and struck him once.
'Feeling saucy'?' Workshop covering tomato preservation offered in Glide
GLIDE, Ore. — The Oregon State University Extension Service and Master Food Preservers are offering a workshop on September 21, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Glide Rural Fire Protection District Office. Feeling Saucy?. Stop playing ketchup with your tomato harvest and let the Douglas County...
ROSEBURG POLICE CITE MAN FOR DRINKING IN PUBLIC
Roseburg Police cited a man for drinking in public on Tuesday. An RPD report said at 10:30 a.m. an officer observed the 42-year-old man drinking a beer at the corner of Northeast Stephens Street and Northeast Rowe Street. A citation was issued and the man was released.
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