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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)Kyle Kosma/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U...

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. Don't miss out. Email * The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have thinned by hand, machines and prescribed burns about 1.8 million a...

/ 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 RV park with 34 spaces. The county will work with local nonprofits to house unsheltered people in th...

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 like Chris Alexander being against the decision, Klamath County Commissioners went through with the pu...

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 — communications that were not disclosed during public hearings. Oregon law generally requires communi...