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The average number of disaster declarations has skyrocketed the past 20 years and a narrative around climate migration and “climate havens” has emerged, but "climate havens" aren’t disaster-proof – or necessarily ready for the changing climate.
The influx of industries on both the eastern and western sides of Lebanon has been a boon to the local economy but has presented challenges to the area’s transportation system.
BAKER CITY â A fire sparked by farm equipment on the hottest June day on record in Baker County raced through dry grass and sagebrush in Keating Valley, threatening several homes before crews from multiple agencies, with help from a pair of air tankers, stopped the blaze Tuesday, June 29. âIt really took off in 110-degree heat with 20-mile-an-hour winds behind it,â said Buzz Harper, chief of the Keating Rural Fire Protection District. âIn that heat and wind it could have been real bad.â The fire burned about 100 acres, Harper said. No homes were damaged. Baker County ...