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FOREST CLOSURE FOR ROCKY RIDGE FIRE RESCINDED
The Umpqua National Forest has rescinded the Emergency Fire Closure Order for the Rocky Ridge Fire, effective Thursday. A UNF release said the closure which began on July 23rd, impacted the Tiller Ranger District and was put in place for public and firefighter safety. The order closed Castle Creek, Skimmerhorn, Fish Lake, Beaver Swamp, and Acker Divide trailheads, which are now all open to the recreating public.
Fire officials decreasing response to Dixon Fire
TILLER, Ore. – Fire crews are drawing down resources assigned to the Dixon Fire burning near Tiller, as progress on containing the fire has lessened the risk to nearby structures according to the Oregon State Fire Marshal. U.S. Forest Service officials said the Dixon Fire started just southeast of...
SENATORS ANNOUNCE $7.8 MILLION INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS INCLUDING DOUGLAS COUNTY
On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a $7.8 million investment in rural Oregon school districts to support energy improvement projects like new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, lighting upgrades, alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy technologies. A release said the Renew America’s School Prize and Grant...
Coming up on KEZI 9 News at 4: Drugs found in charcoal bags at Roseburg park; Albany man accused of keeping wild animals
Douglas County deputies found illegal drugs in a charcoal briquet bag in a Roseburg park. Also, an Albany man is facing charges for allegedly keeping a cougar and other animals at his house. Chief Meteorologist Holden LeCroy has the weather.
Floating wind project off southern Oregon coast clears first big bureaucratic hurdle in a long process
The Oregon coast is inching closer to generating renewable electricity using floating offshore wind turbines, although any construction is still years away. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, announced it finished an environmental assessment. The assessment looked at potential impacts from issuing leases to develop floating offshore wind in the region. BOEM is the federal agency tasked with identifying, proposing and leasing the ocean areas.
Heat waves are hitting Oregon’s oldest population the hardest
With withering temperatures at 100 degrees or higher during the July 2024 heatwave, 16 people died due to suspected issues related to the heat, according to the state’s medical examiner’s office. All but two of the deaths were people over the age of 50 and most of them were in their 70s or 80s.
Northwest ironworkers reject a second employer offer
Ironworkers in Oregon and Washington will vote on a third employer offer after previously voting down a second employer offer in mail ballots counted July 31. In June, members voted down an offer that would have increased total compensation $7.50 an hour over three years. The second offer would have increased total compensation $15 an hour over four years. Now, members will vote on a third offer totaling $16 over four years.
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 Labor Bureau says it will dismiss hundreds of workers’ claims without $22M budget increase
The Oregon Labor Bureau has asked Gov. Tina Kotek and lawmakers to increase its budget by roughly $22 million so it can tackle massive backlogs of complaints from workers who say they’ve been illegally denied pay or had their civil rights violated. The agency is requesting $81.2 million —...
Oregon Republicans opposed to ranked choice voting while Idaho’s GOP is split
In November 2022, Democrat Tina Kotek was elected governor of Oregon with 47% of the vote. That was enough to win the general election, since her total was slightly higher than that of her leading opponent, Republican Christine Drazan. She was able to win with less than a majority of support because other candidates siphoned […]
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...
Smoke causes unhealthy air quality across Southern Oregon, Northern California
OREGON & CALIFORNIA -- Wildfire smoke is causing unhealthy air quality across Southern Oregon. Air quality is unhealthy across Jackson County -- including Medford, Phoenix, Talent, Ashland and Jacksonville. Other parts of Jackson County and some parts of Klamath County have air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, while Josephine and Siskiyou counties have moderate air quality.
Mostly cloudy today and mountain storms tomorrow
Storms and showers began Wednesday evening to our south, carried through into Thursday morning, and were scattered through the day yesterday. By the evening, storms had moved into northeast Oregon. Today, the storms and showers will pause and we’ll be mostly cloudy. Tomorrow, isolated thunderstorms and showers will begin...
Lords of the Flies: Insects Turn Food Waste Into Feed and Fertilizer in Oregon
McMINNVILLE, Ore. — What turns 100 pounds of food waste into 25 pounds of animal feed and 25 pounds of organic fertilizer and can be scaled up without limit?. The well-funded pilot project about to go big is one of several symbiotic endeavors taking place at Tainable Regenerative Agricultural Laboratory, a nonprofit think-tank located on a certified-organic, 570-acre sheep and grass farm that has been in the same family since the Civil War.
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