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   Salmon benefit from downed logs in streams and rivers. It gives them shelter during floods and helps keep them from being washed out to sea before they’re big enough. The Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through several neighborhoods near Lincoln City. Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC   When the Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through parts of the Oregon coast near Lincoln City last fall, wildlife groups saw an opportunity. Thousands of fire-damaged logs with no marketable value will be turned into salmon habitat in area waterways.   “We’re essentially stockpiling as many logs as we c...

Victims of the Slater fire in Northern California and Southern Oregon have filed a lawsuit alleging PacifiCorp was negligent in failing to maintain its transmission lines or de-energize them in advance of the conflagration that burned more than 157,000 acres, destroyed 700 structures and killed one person.

Cheryl pictures of her finished quilt to me back in November.  It was part of that email that had escaped me when I was busy finishing the quilts for kids in need.  I still haven’t gotten back to it.  UGH.  Cheryl was so sweet and understood and just sent the email to me again.  Feel free to send another email to me if I missed something.  Thanks for letting me be human Cheryl!!  Anyway…without even more delay, here’s Cheryl and Beth’s quilt. Beth sent this lovely Courthouse Steps quilt top to me back in the summer.  I sent it to Cheryl in Dallas for quilting and binding.  Th...

300 homes burned in the tiny coastal community and they still need help of all kinds. Author: Christelle Koumoué (KGW) Updated: 12:22 AM PST January 11, 2021 OTIS, Oregon — Corey Rivera spearheaded the cleanup effort at Pony Trail Lane in Otis after the Echo Mountain Complex fire ravaged the coastal town in September. "It was 6 weeks in the planning, a lot of phone calls, a lot of interaction and then those first 8 days there were so intense," said Rivera. He and others who lost homes spent long days clearing debris, filled with the hope of rebuilding. Many...

A wet weather system moving into the region Monday is expected to bring heavy rainfall and concerns for flooding.