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Waldo Lake, Fall Creek area to have limited access for years to come, officials say
Fires of unprecedented size and heat take years for areas to recover enough to ensure public safety. “The Willamette National Forest has had so much fire since 2020,”Lowell Evans, a fire recovery project manager, said at a recent U.S. Forest Service Middle Fork Ranger District meeting in Lowell. “Over 400,000 acres burned in four years, that’s a quarter of the forest and 190,000 acres on the Middle Fork District since fall of 2021.”
Antisemitism Exists in Ashland – City Council Urged to Investigate
ASHLAND, Ore. — The Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission (SERJC) has urged Ashland City Council to hire a professional to dig deep into possible complicity that could harm traditionally marginalized people. SERJC states that Ashland has been experiencing an increase in antisemitism since the October 7 attack by...
Knot Fire Burning Approximately 3 Miles Northeast of Sprague River
Lakeview, OR ⎯ The Knot Fire is burning approximately 3 miles northeast of the town of Sprague River, near Walla Walla Rd. and Kootenai St. Observed behavior is wind-driven, and the fire size is estimated at 1200 acres. Approximately 20-30 structures are threatened. Multiple resources are on scene with...
Kotek proposes changing State School Fund calculations: Eugene/Springfield districts react
Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday released a proposal to increase the State School Fund’s current service level estimate for the 2025-27 biennium by $515 million. The State School Fund provides the majority of funding for K-12 public schools. In 2023, the state budgeted $10.2 billion for Oregon schools. The current service level is the state’s...
DP Little League Juniors win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals in Oregon
DP Little League Juniors All-Stars win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals. The post DP Little League Juniors win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals in Oregon appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
Federal officials allow Oregon to offer Medicaid services to those behind bars
Federal officials have approved Oregon’s request to offer free Medicaid services for addiction and some other services to people who are on the verge of being released from jail or prison, something that’s prohibited by federal law. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Oregon will offer the new program, along with Illinois, Kentucky, Utah and Vermont. They’re joining California, Massachusetts, Montana and Washington state which first piloted programs offering some Medicaid services to people about to be released. ...
Conservation groups suing federal agency over plight of harbinger tree species
Conservation groups intend to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for federal protection of a small mammal that lives in tree tops and is considered by conservationists to be a harbinger of forest health. In a notice last month, officials from the Center for Biological Diversity, Bird Alliance of Oregon, Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild said they will challenge the agency’s denial of federal protection for red tree voles under the Endangered Species Act. ...
Prepare for strong thunderstorms in Oregon Sunday morning
The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 7:48 a.m. on Sunday for strong thunderstorms until 8:15 a.m. for Clatsop County Coast, North Oregon Coast Range Lowlands, North Oregon Coast Range, Tualatin Valley, West Hills and Chehalem Mountains, Inner Portland Metro, West Central Willamette Valley, East Central Willamette Valley, Clackamas County Cascade Foothills, Cascade Foothills of Marion and Linn counties, North Oregon Cascades and Cascades of Marion and Linn counties.
Tracking thunderstorm chances overnight, cooler Sunday
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It was hot, but it’s possible some upper level smoke kept us a degree or two cooler than we initially anticipated in Portland. Our high at the Portland International Airport was 94 degrees. So far the radar has looked quiet, but some showers and a...
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