southern Oregon

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 feet away …

MEDFORD, Ore. — As evacuation levels start to go down across the Rogue Valley, many people are returning home while others return to ash and rubble. If your home burned down in a fire, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says to …

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 to its …

ASHLAND, Ore. — At least 50 people were reportedly missing initially from the Almeda Fire. Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler says that number is currently down to zero for people who are considered ‘critically missing.’ That means someone who is reported missing …

MEDFORD, Ore. — A local man is homeless again after the Almeda Fire. You can find Robbey Rose and some of the other homeless displaced by the fire at Medford’s Hawthorne Park. Rose says he was living at the ‘Dun Rov’N R.V. …

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Pacific Power says they’re making headway in restoring power to thousands of customers across the state. The power company says it plans to restore power to more than 3,000 customers in Southern Oregon by Sunday evening. At 3 …

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Crews still trying to get a hold of the South Obenchain fire. It’s burned nearly 30,000 acres in the upper Rogue area since Tuesday afternoon. High winds pushed the fire a few miles from Shady Cove as it’s …

PHOENIX, Ore. — “Are you safe? Is your home safe? Do you need any water,” asked Willow McCloud, a homeowner. McCloud is one of seven neighbors still in the city of Phoenix, Oregon. With no drinkable water and electricity, the group is …

TALENT, Ore. — “You just never believe it’s all going to go up in flames, so to speak,” said Marian Telersky, a Talent homeowner. Ash and rubble is all that’s left for many residents after the Almeda Fire tore through the Rogue …

“It’s heartbreaking,” said Sandra Casso, homeowner at Bear Creek Mobile Home Park in Ashland. Decades of memories lost in a matter of minutes. A once unimaginable reality for Casso, after the fast moving Almeda Fire left little behind in its path on …