Summit Lake, Ore. – Crews continue to battle a growing wildfire near the Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Lake County. The Ana Fire was first reported around 3:00 p.m. on July 8. A column of smoke could be seen from ...
Central Point, Ore. – Firefighters tackled 16 fires caused by Sunday’s storm on Oregon Department of Forestry protected lands. The lightning-caused fires in Jackson and Josephine Counties were kept small, according to officials with ODF’s Southwest Oregon District. On Monday, ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – A retired Oregon State Police evidence technician was arrested in Klamath Falls for stealing over $10,000 in cash from an evidence locker. According to OSP, 57-year-old Mark Matlick was employed at the Klamath Falls Area Command ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Second and fourth graders in Lake and Klamath Counties are helping to prevent wildfires through a special contest, with an artistic approach at fire prevention. This is the 22nd year the Oregon Department of Forestry has ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Fire season is now officially underway in Klamath and Lake Counties. The declaration was triggered by warmer weather and drying fuels. Jake Barnett with the Oregon Department of Forestry said, “What we’ve been experiencing lately has ...
Lakeview, Ore. — The Lake County District Attorney confirms a Lakeview motel room was the site of a murder-suicide Friday morning. Lake County D.A. Sharon Forster said an elderly couple is dead after the incident at the Interstate 8 Motel. ...
Medford, Ore. — A longtime Rogue Valley community leader and former State Representative, George Gilman, has passed away. Like many generations from his family, Gilman was born and raised in Central Point where the family worked in the dairy business. ...
Update (10/18/16 1:17 p.m.) — Pledges from the Humane Society of the United States, the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust and the Center for Biological Diversity have increased the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the ...
Lake County, Ore. – According to ODFW, on September 28, a cattle producer on a Forest Service grazing allotment saw a calf with severe injuries to its back legs. A wolf attack was suspected. ODFW said the live calf was ...
Lake County, Ore. – Early Wednesday morning, Oregon State Police responded to a report of a two vehicle crash on Highway 140 E 2 miles east of Lakeview. Troopers said a preliminary investigation revealed a Peterbilt log truck was traveling ...