Salem, Ore. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is prohibiting all campfires in Oregon State Parks and other properties owned and managed by the department started today at 10 a.m. The ban includes but is not limited to designated fire pits, tiki torches Read More
Very High and Extreme Fire Danger – Have a Plan “B” for a Campfire over the next few weeks Bend, Ore. Due to the very high and extreme fire danger, and the multiple large fires in the region, most land agencies and fire jurisdictions now have a total burn ban Read More
John Day, Ore. -The Canyon Creek Complex is currently estimated at 48,201 acres. It is the number one priority nationally for resources with approximately 649 personnel currently assigned to this incident. Yesterday, firefighters set hose lines in the northeast corner of Read More
Bend, Ore. – Bend 2030 and The Central Oregon Builders Association teamed up and sent a letter to the Bend City Council yesterday. They are asking the City to amend a resolution in connection with a local transportation package that would include a local gas tax. Read More
La Pine, Ore. – The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says the public is not in any danger following a fatal stabbing in La Pine. Around 4:30 yesterday afternoon deputies from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Oregon State Police and La Read More
Unity, Ore. – “The Eldorado Fire” burning approximately 8 miles southeast of Unity on ODF-protected private lands, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Wallowa-Whitman National Forest lands, is estimated at 20,500 acres and 30 percent contained. ODF Read More
John Day, Ore. – The complex is approximately 43,738 acres and 0 percent contained. Evacuation notices have been issued for this fire at all levels, which has destroyed and continues to threaten primary residences in the fire’s area, and an area closure is in Read More
AIR QUALITY, IN DESCHUTES COUNTY AFFECTED BY WILDFIRE SMOKE Bend, Ore. – Deschutes County Health Services is closely monitoring air quality as conditions may worsen due to smoke from numerous wildfires across Oregon. Smoke levels can rise and fall depending on Read More
Portland, Ore. – “The national average for regular unleaded ended a 27-day streak of daily declines last week and increased for six straight days, due largely to a new refinery problem in Indiana. The Oregon average continues to fall and has steadily declined since Read More
Prineville, Ore. — Beginning Friday, Aug. 21, the last developed boat ramp on Prineville Reservoir will be closed for the year to trailered boat launching. The ramp is unsafe to launch boats because the water level has receded to the end of the ramp. The low water Read More
