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The Aftermath of the Holiday Farm Fire May 1, 2021 Almost eight months after the Holiday Farm Fire erupted near Blue River, Oregon, and tore through forests and small communities along the McKenzie River, recovery has been progressing slowly. While the smoky plumes rising from the mountainsides have dissipated, charred trees dot the barren landscape and remnants of burned buildings, garages, and cars still remain on many properties.  The wildfire that burnt over 173,000 acres destroyed hundreds of homes in the towns of Blue River, Nimrod, Vida, and Finn Rock, and resulted in the evacuation o...

0:49 KLCC's Tiffany Eckert reports on a popular female Fire Chief of the Upper McKenzie who is taking a leave of absence to treat PTSD following the devastating Holiday Farm fire. Chief Rainbow scans the remnants of her burned out house in Vida. While fighting the Labor Day Holiday Farm fire, her family and many of her fire crew members lost their houses and possessions in the blaze. Credit Christiana Rainbow Plews Christiana Rainbow Plews, known as Chief Rainbow, said she can no longer let the trauma go unchecked. She fought more than two days straight on the historic fire, evacuated reside...

4:40 KLCC's Tiffany Eckert has this report on the incidence of PTSD among fire fighters and the decision by a popular McKenzie River Fire Chief to take a step back from the work in order to heal from the trauma and loss after the Holiday Farm fire. Ash and debris is all that remained of her home. Chief Rainbow sits with her beloved dog Chi-Chi in the aftermath of the Holiday Farm fire. Credit Christiana Rainbow Plews Christiana Rainbow Plews has been fighting fires for 30 years.  “My very first fire chief used to tell me, when I would get frustrated--he would say, ‘Suck it up, Princess.�...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown delivers the State of the State address KATU Staff, Associated Press Replay Video UP NEXT Oregon Governor Kate Brown delivered her State of the State address Thursday morning, focusing heavily on the issues Oregonians are facing. Nearly a year after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Oregon, the governor reflected on the challenges Oregonians have faced in the last year — the pandemic, protests and wildfires — and outlined her goals for the future, ensuring children return to school, mitigating wildfire danger and expanding health care acc...

December 19, 2020 No. 1 Governor Kate Brown       Kate Brown made history when she became the first openly LGBT Governor in the country, but she quickly showed she wanted to be and would be more than a checkmark on the list of “firsts.” She became one of the state’s most active Governors as she promoted equal pay, vaccinations, and many other things which shouldn’t be partisan issues – although conservatives thought otherwise, trying and failing to recall her.      In 2020, Brown continued to take on the state’s biggest problems head on, shrug...