A 22-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison for setting a fire earlier this year at the former Blue Heron paper ...

A 22-year-old man accused of setting fire to the former Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City pleaded guilty on Thursday and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Christian Duke pleaded guilty to setting the fire in January, which burned for several hours and closed down all lanes of ...

In the last decade, humans caused 7 out of 10 wildfires on state-protected land. (Lightning accounted for the rest.) In 2025, ...

Nearly six months after the Rowena Fire devastated communities in the Columbia River Gorge, a new funding agreement aims to ...

A woodstove flue fire early Tuesday morning heavily damaged the wood shake roof of a northeast Bend home, but three occupants ...

Now Wasco County has the resources to move forward, and we're going to see more progress for families who have been waiting ...

The Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative helps Jackson, Josephine and Klamath County students understand wildfire ...

A man was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to purposefully starting the fire.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2025: Central Oregon — Recent weather systems across Central Oregon brought abundant lightning, strong winds, and some much-needed rain. Despite the rainfall, fuels ...

I frequently read anecdotes and even research suggesting that “active forest management” can successfully slow or stop wildfires. In my experience, many ...