Central Oregon Fire Info, a multiagency source of information on wildfire, prescribed burns and smoke, is seeking the public’s help to improve… Read more
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The Deschutes National Forest has posted updated information on trail openings and closures … Read more
Most new wells in Oregon are drilled where groundwater is already at risk of depletion, pote… Read more
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SEATTLE — Federal officials are proposing to curtail nontribal salmon fishing along the West… Read more
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The Deschutes National Forest conducted its final prescribed burn for spring Wednesday, with… Read more
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By harnessing the power of “citizen scientists,” researchers from Oregon State University-Ca… Read more
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SALEM — In Northeast Oregon’s Union County, the snowpack is so thin that it has completely m… Read more
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PORTLAND — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined the state’s largest glas… Read more
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BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden's nominee to oversee vast expanses of public land in t… Read more
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SEATTLE — A rail union official reportedly told investigators that a fiery oil car train der… Read more
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The fringe group of irrigators and People’s Rights Oregon volunteers who plan to forcibly op… Read more
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Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back las… Read more
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RENO, Nev. — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s High Desert where an A… Read more
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The Bend City Council officially opposes crude oil coming through the city by rail, though t… Read more
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Scientists at Oregon State University have confirmed that two widespread, invasive beach gra… Read more
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A report from the Oregon Water Futures Project reveals widespread distrust in drinking water… Read more
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SALEM — Oregon would adopt one of the country’s most ambitious timelines for eliminating car… Read more
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At the edge of the Redmond Airport on Tuesday, a group of around 10 smokejumpers went throug… Read more
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For bike shop owner Dan McGarigle, crossing Bend by bicycle is, for the most part, good exe… Read more
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Hikers, bikers and others in the Deschutes National Forest west of Bend will need to be mind… Read more
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Tumalo Irrigation District is increasing its reward for information leading to the arrest of… Read more
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The state Board of Forestry met Thursday to discuss hiring both an interim and permanent lea… Read more
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shut down the Project's A Canal for the entire irrigation sea… Read more
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Deschutes County is going through its driest spring since records started 127 years ago. Tha… Read more
PENDLETON — An annual spring tradition is set to return to the Pendleton levee system and ri… Read more
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Repair work on a sinkhole that forced the shutdown of an Arnold Irrigation District canal la… Read more
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As wildfires seem to grow in number and severity each year, Oregonians are expressing greate… Read more
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PORTLAND — Oregon is hiring a Pacific Northwest-based arborist to review the state’s removal… Read more
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Hundreds of residents in southeast Bend have been without irrigation water since Thursday a… Read more
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Emma Eakins loves insects. Read more
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Even in years of drought and low water supplies, Phil Fine, a Jefferson County farmer, usual… Read more
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Outdoor explorers planning to visit Scout Lake may need to readjust their plans as the U.S. … Read more
A group of roughly 30 Klamath County residents affiliated with People’s Rights Oregon Area 6… Read more
A Fox Valley rancher became the first rancher in Grant County to lose livestock to a confirm… Read more
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The High Desert Museum will close Friday due to a controlled burn occurring on a portion of… Read more
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Wednesday it is shutting down the Project's A Canal… Read more
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For the second year in a row, Jefferson County Commissioners have asked the governor to decl… Read more
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A gravel road that connects Bend and Sisters through a scenic area of the High Desert was bl… Read more
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Eloise, the most prolific trumpeter swan in Oregon’s breeding program, has died of natural c… Read more
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A herd of more than 120 horses roaming free in the Ochoco National Forest will be cut in hal… Read more
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Prineville Reservoir State Park was recently certified as an International Dark Sky Park for… Read more
VALE — A Utah company is considering construction of a new dam above Owyhee Reservoir as par… Read more
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Mountain bikers taking to the dirt in the Phil’s Trail area should expect closure of some ar… Read more
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Back in March, Chris Wiley passed a long day in his tractor sowing wheat.… Read more
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Residents of Bend and La Pine woke up to moderate levels of smoke Wednesday following prescr… Read more
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When Bend businessman Tony Aceti purchased a piece of farmland between Bend and Redmond 25 y… Read more
The Biden administration announced Thursday it intends to revise or withdraw a Trump-era rul… Read more
COLUMBIA LAKE, B.C. — Drought plagues much of the West, but officials predict abundant water… Read more
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A prescribed burn is planned for Shevlin Park on Wednesday, and fire officials are warning t… Read more
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Seven months ago, Central Oregonians felt the impact of some of the worst wildfires in this … Read more
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On a stretch of canyon high above the Deschutes River near Crooked River Ranch, Marilynne Ke… Read more
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Oregon's wolf population continued to climb in 2020, with at least 173 documented animals by… Read more
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners in a Tuesday, April 20, meeting moved… Read more
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has filed an emergency rule blocking imports of marimo,… Read more
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Prescribed burns to reduce forest vegetation are planned for areas about 5 miles east of La … Read more
PENDLETON — Volunteers plucked almost 1,700 pounds of trash from the banks of the Umatilla R… Read more
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After five years of planning and fundraising, a $5 million expansion of the Sunriver Nature … Read more
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Deschutes National Forest fuel specialists will be conducting a prescribed burn on national … Read more
The Klamath Drainage District began delivering water Thursday night after its board voted to… Read more
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With the prospect of a possibly catastrophic 2021 fire season looming, Oregon will once agai… Read more
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A study that will help irrigators, politicians, biologists and others who study and utilize … Read more
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Fuels specialists working with the Deschutes National Forest plan to conduct a prescribed bu… Read more
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation delivered a gut-punch to Klamath Project irrigators Wednesday… Read more
