MEDFORD, Ore. – The man accused of starting a fire in Phoenix that merged with the Almeda Fire entered his plea. Police said Michael Bakkela started a fire west of the railroad tracks and north of Dano Way in Phoenix on ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The man suspected of starting a fire in Phoenix that merged with the Almeda Fire is scheduled to go to trial next week. But his attorney still hopes to get the case moved out of Jackson County. ...
ASHLAND, Ore — Ashland Police Department released a new photo Friday of witnesses in response to its ongoing Almeda Fire investigation. It says the two people pictured were at the origin of the Almeda Fire – located near the Ashland ...
MEDFORD, Ore. –The man accused of setting a fire in Phoenix that merged with the Almeda fire is facing eight new criminal charges of animal abuse. According to documents filed by Jackson County Chief Deputy District Attorney, Bakkela caused the ...
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 ...