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SALEM — Addiction service providers who’ve seen their funding swell under the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law are rushing this year to fend off a proposal that would siphon tens

Local governments are trying to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services back to them. That has service providers up in arms.

SALEM — Addiction service providers who’ve seen their funding swell under the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law are rushing this year to fend off a proposal that would siphon tens

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore., MODOC COUNTY, Cal. & SISKIYOU COUNTY, Cal. -- Three counties across state lines are proposing that their counties and other stakeholders in the Klamath Watershed form a

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore-- After sunken graves led to outcries from families at Eternal Hills Cemetery, Klamath Falls community members planned to clean up the neglected cemetery.

Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as

There is a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. Heres what to expect.

ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush. The firefighters weren’t there to extinguish the fire. They had started it. The prescribed burn, ignited this month near the scenic mountain town of Bend, is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the U.S. West to prepare for a fire season that’s expected to be even worse...

Severe drought has turned forests and grasslands into dry fuels, ready to ignite from a careless camper or a lightning strike.

‘Nothing looks good’ preparing for wildfire season 28 minutes ago US Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. Associated Press Don Thompson, Thomas Peipert, Associated Press Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush. The firefighters weren’t there to exti...