MEDFORD, Ore. – As the trauma of last week’s Almeda Fire sets into the Rogue Valley, the people affected are looking towards the government for help. Particularly with limited housing options already an issue in Jackson County. Rep. Greg Walden ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — “This is it. Is our house going to burn down? Is our whole town going to burn down,” said Esther Platt, an Ashland resident. That’s what Platt was thinking last Tuesday as the Almeda Fire began just ...
TALENT, Ore. — A Talent winemaker lost everything in the Almeda Fire, but local wineries are already pitching in to get him back on his feet. After grabbing one metal wine-making tool, Simple Machine Winery owner Brian Denner fled from ...
TALENT, Ore. – A local artist who was evacuated from her home in Talent last week, is keeping the memory of what the town looked like alive through her art. 21-year-old Alexandra Vanderlip is creating digital drawings of the ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Many stories of hope are rising from the ashes after the Almeda fire. Housing is an immediate problem and when multiple employees from a local restaurant chain lost their home to the Almeda fire, the regional team ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Jackson County responded to questions about why it chose not to send out a mass county-wide ’emergency alert’ during the fatal Almeda fire. Commissioner Rick Dyer told NBC5, he’s been asking the same question. Last night, ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — Firefighters say a car was deliberately set on fire near Emigrant Lake roughly a half hour after the Almeda Fire started in Ashland last Tuesday. The Jackson County D.A.’s Office says no local agency has sent charges ...
As some Phoenix residents returned home Wednesday, city leaders are looking at how to best more forward. Mayor Chris Luz held a virtual town hall for citizens Wednesday. He says, with the approved disaster relief fund he’s trying to get ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Command of the Almeda Fire is back in the hands of local fire districts, as more areas of Phoenix and Talent are being opened up. Although the Almeda Fire is 100% contained, county officials are still ...
JACKSON CO., Ore. – A local broadcaster, is calling out Jackson County for not using the Emergency Alert System during the several fires in our area over the last week. He says emergency responders and county commissioners failed to notify ...