WEED, Calif. – Investigators have officially determined what started a fire that triggered the evacuation of Weed, California last year. Roseburg Forest Products said in a press release a pile of ash in one of their buildings in northern Weed ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – On October 26, the 2022 fire season will be over on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in Jackson and Josephine Counties. This year, the fire season in ODF’s Southwest Oregon District spanned 147 ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Fire Season is officially coming to an end for several counties in southwest Oregon. On October 25, Fire Season will be over in Coos County and western Douglas County. The Coos Forest Protective Association said the ...
Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) GRANT COUNTY, Ore. (KGW)— The leader of a U.S. Forest Service crew conducting a prescribed burn in Eastern Oregon was arrested on charges of reckless burning after the fire spread onto private land. Grant County Sheriff ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – With cooler temperatures and anticipated rain coming to Southwest Oregon, the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is reducing fire danger beginning Thursday. While fire danger across RRSNF dropped to moderate, some restrictions will remain in place. However, campfires will be ...
SOUTHERN OREGON – Smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire has made its way into the Rogue Valley, lowering the air quality. Firefighters are continuing to mop up the now 120,000-acre fire in eastern Lane County near Oakridge. It’s been burning ...
LAKE SHASTINA, Calif. – All evacuation warnings and orders issued due to a wildfire burning in Siskiyou County have been lifted. CAL FIRE said at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, a vegetation fire started between the community of Lake Shastina and ...
Author: Joe Raineri (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — It has been a struggle for wineries over the last several years as the Pacific Northwest deals with massive wildfires. Many crops have been impacted by wildfire smoke, but researchers from Oregon ...
PROSPECT, Ore. – A reward is being offered for information about several arsons in northeastern Jackson County. The Oregon Department of Forestry said since late July, there have been at least 18 small fires in and around the community of ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – All evacuation notices around a wildfire in Josephine County were dropped Friday. The lightning-sparked Rum Creek Fire was first reported near the community of Galice on August 17. It went on to trigger Level 1, 2, ...