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Nothing looks good preparing for summer wildfire season ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U.S. Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. The prescribed burn is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. (Kyle Kosma/High Desert Museum via AP)Kyl...

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 than last year′s record-shattering one. Get top stories in your inbox. Our award-winning journalists bring you the news that impacts you, Canada, and the world. Dont miss out. Email * The U.S. Forest Service and th...

/ The Oregon Motel 8 and its nearby RV park was purchased by Klamath County to turn into transitional housing. Klamath County has purchased a motel to turn into transitional housing. Officials are considering saving space in anticipation of wildfire season. The county bought the Oregon Motel 8 and RV Park in Klamath Falls for $1.5 million dollars. It’s part of Project Turnkey, a statewide housing program that arose in response to the pandemic. The property includes the 29-room motel and an ...

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. —Klamath County has officially purchased a motel and RV park, in Klamath Falls. The move has some people who live there nervous. NBC5 News first told you about the county’s efforts last month. While the county is hoping to use the space to house people in need, some residents at the Oregon 8 Motel & RV Park are upset. “We don’t want to move and we don’t understand why they can’t accommodate us,” said Chris Alexander, RV park resident. Despite some residents li...

DeSmog Feb 6, 2020 @ 03:00 Emails exchanged between an Oregon county commissioner and Pembina, the parent company of the proposed $10 billion fossil fuel export terminal Jordan Cove, raise ethics issues and may create openings for legal challenges to key permits for the controversial Jordan Cove project. The emails, obtained via an open records request by the Energy and Policy Institute and shared with DeSmog, appear to show contacts between Pembina officials and Coos County commissioners — ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — After hundreds of people were displaced by the September fires, hope and housing is on the way. The city of Medford and Rogue Retreat received over $2.5 million to help displaced southern Oregonians with housing. Just a little over a month after Ashland received the first ‘Project Turnkey’ grant, Medford is following close behind with the Redwood Inn Motel. “We’ll be working with them to remove the obstacles,” said executive director of Options for Helping Residents ...

Medford motel will be made into emergency housing with Project Turnkey support Rogue Retreat and the City of Medford are partnering on the new shelter, which will take over the Redwood Inn on Riverside. Posted: Mar 10, 2021 9:49 AM Updated: Mar 10, 2021 10:15 AM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt MEDFORD, Ore. — Southern Oregon will be home to several more emergency shelters for displaced fire victims and the houseless in the coming months, with support from Oregons "Project Turnkey." In February, th...