GRANTS PASS, Ore.– The Red Cross says it will be closing one of its two shelters as power returns to residents in Josephine County this weekend. It says it will be closing its shelter at the Josephine County Fairgrounds as ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – *UPDATE* — Thousands of residents across southern Oregon are without power after the recent winter storm brought large amounts of snow to the valley floors. The bulk of the outages are in Josephine County near Merlin, Wilderville, ...
MEDFORD, Ore. —This summer, Pacific Power discussed similar power shutoffs like the PG&E power shutoff down in California to prevent fires from breaking out. Pacific Power said it continues to monitor year-round weather conditions in order to anticipate such shutoffs. ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Electric bills for farmers on the Klamath Project are more than 2000% higher than they were 13 years ago. But, a meeting is coming up in Klamath Falls to address that problem. Getting irrigation water isn’t ...
GRANT PASS, Ore – A damaged power line sparked a small fire last night in Grants Pass. While the fire burned only a tenth of an acre, downed power lines are a concern for firefighters. Downed power lines often lead to ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission is in the Rogue Valley trying to prevent a devastating fire from an electrical issue. Multiple agencies and organizations met at The Oregon Department of Forestry on Tuesday to discuss how ...
MERLIN, Ore. – Pacific Power is planning a short-term outage late Thursday into Friday morning. The outage will allow crews to work on postponed upgrades at their Merlin substation. In a release, Pacific Power says some 6,000 customers will be ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Pacific Power held their first meeting on Tuesday night to share with the public their plan to prevent a wildfire from starting because of utilities. Tuesday night the utility company introduced to the public several new ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Wildfire safety and preparedness meetings for southern Oregon are set to begin Tuesday. The open houses are organized by Pacific Power. The company recently released a plan for shutting off power in areas in case of an emergency. ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Pacific Power is working on a plan to hopefully decrease wildfires this summer. The company released a map earlier this week of potential areas where it may shut off power in the event of an emergency. ...