Page 12 - Flat Fire News Today

The death of the Rogue Valley's century-old newspaper threatened to create a "news desert" in the community. The Rogue Valley Times has taken root in its absence.

The headline in the February 13, 1941, Western World tells the story of one of the last remaining wooden lumber carriers in the coastwide trade.

Here are the latest on Oregons largest wildfires.

The Flat Fire is now 27,573 acres and is 14% contained.

The U.S. Forest Service granted permission Sunday for fire crews to use heavy equipment in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness to fight the 20,000-acre Flat Fire.

Douglas County fire crews responded quickly to a 2.5-acre vegetation fire on Saturday morning about 8 miles southeast of Tiller, authorities said.

Here are the latest on Oregons largest wildfires.

The Flat Fire is now 25,572 acres and is 14% contained.

Nearly 2,700 firefighters across Oregon are battling four wildfires that have consumed more than 34,000 acres, prompting evacuations and destroying 48 homes.

Fire retardant was dropped from fixed-wing aircraft Thursday onto a ridgetop area east of Game Lake and along the northern edge of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, in case the Flat Fire