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UPDATE: BLM joins with ODF in moving fire danger level to ‘high’
The fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District will increase…
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Recreational use advisory lifted for Lost Creek Lake
The Oregon Health Authority has issued a recreational use for Lost Creek Lake due to the presence of…
Public Safety
Local fire chiefs react with heartbreak, dismay to Idaho firefighter ambush shooting
Top officials at fire agencies around Southern Oregon reacted with a mix of heartbreak and dismay to the…
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Family, friends, colleagues pay their respects to Jackson County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputy
Some 350 family, friends and law enforcement colleagues gathered Monday for a memorial service honoring a fallen Jackson…
Business
ODOT director calls Legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary,’ warns of layoffs
In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickland said the agency will be forced to eliminate…
Government
Republicans block attempt to prevent federal overreach with Oregon’s National Guard
A bill intended to clarify when the federal government can deploy the Oregon National Guard never made it to a final vote…
Business
Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…
Oregon
Lane County’s Mya Cash crowned Miss Oregon 2025 in Seaside
After four days of preliminary rounds, interviews, and a parade, Mya Cash, Miss Lane County, was crowned Miss…
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Jackson County Sheriff’s Office will livestream memorial for fallen corrections deputy
A memorial service for a Jackson County corrections deputy will be livestreamed Monday morning.
Local News
2 Idaho firefighters shot and killed in ambush by a man who intentionally set fire, authorities say
BOISE, Idaho — As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a…
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