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McKenzie High School’s class of 2021 graduated Saturday in a ceremony at the school gym in Blue River. Many students had lost homes to the Holiday Farm

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.�...

State of the State: Brown looks back at Oregon’s crises, ahead to goals PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a year after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown delivered her annual State of the State speech on Thursday, as the Legislature's regular session got underway. During the 45-minute speech, Brown reflected on the challenges Oregonians have faced in the last year — the pandemic, protests and wildfires — and outlined her goals for the future, focusing on racial equity, ensuring children return to school, mitigating wildfire danger and expanding health care acc...

COVID-19, wildfires and equity top Governor Kate Brown's priorities for this year.