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WEED, Cali. – NBC5 News is getting new information about the Lava Fire that’s burning near Weed and Lake Shastina, Cali. On Thursday it was 25% contained and roughly 19,780 acres. Firefighters are aggressively attacking the Lava Fire. It’s been burning since Friday morning. Firefighters are battling not only the flames but hot weather and rough terrain. The land where it’s burning is so rough, the nearly 1,300 firefighters on the scene are limited on how they can fight the flames. The weather was in their favor Wednesday night, which allowed them to increase containment from 19% to 25%. “We encountered a lot of lava rock in the ground, which prohibits bulldozers from establishing their line. We had to get in there with hand crews to manipulate that type of terrain,” said John DeYoe, Cal Incident Management Team 14. ....
MEDFORD, Ore. – While Oregon is reopening, a new variant is causing concern in Oregon. It’s called the Delta variant and it’s in Oregon. Jackson County Public Health said there are reportedly 13 cases within the state. The Delta variant is the most concerning variant to experts. It’s the one that has been wreaking havoc in places like India killing thousands. But people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 may not need to worry. It’s those who aren’t vaccinated that are seeing adverse symptoms. “If we can greatly reduce the number of people getting covid, we will simultaneously be reducing the possibility of variant spread,” said Dr. Jim Shames, Director of Jackson County Public Health. ....
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – It’s been one year since Lane Co. woman, Fauna Frey disappeared. She came to Grants Pass to visit her brother’s friend. Then went missing. Her family is asking for answers. The family of Fauna Frey gathered in front of the Josephine Co. Courthouse Tuesday. “She didn’t just disappear off the face of the earth. Somebody knows something,” said John Frey, Fauna’s father. They also want to spread awareness. Missing people cases aren’t a rarity in the area and they want to know why. “Most of what [Josephine Co. Sheriff’s Office] worked off of instead of doing it as a separate case its things that we’ve told them about and then they’ve looked into it,” said John. ....
MEDFORD, Ore. – Oregon is fully reopening, which means many businesses are going back to normal. Gyms are just one industry in the Rogue Valley that’s lowering restrictions as Oregon reopens. That means facilities can fully open. At Club Northwest in Grants Pass, they are fully opening. That means no capacity limits or masks for members. The only thing they don’t have is towel service, but the club says it may be bringing that back in the future. Movie theaters are also fully reopening. One local theatre company told NBC5 News this day couldn’t come sooner. Coming Attractions, which owns Ashland’s varsity theatre, Southgate Cinemas in Grants Pass, and Pelican Cinema in Klamath Falls are all fully reopening. That means instead of 20% capacity limits it can go back to 100% capacity. Plastic barriers are also coming down. Masks are optional. ....
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Fifty-eight years after a baby boy was found in the Keene Creek Reservoir he’s been identified with GEDMatch DNA. Now be reunited with his family. There aren’t many stories retired Jackson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Colin Fagan would do in 110-degree heat. But out of all his cases, this one is close to his heart. “It stayed with me throughout my career. So even following [my] retirement I was very excited to hear that we were able to get him properly identified. Which was our goal from the beginning,” said Fagan. Back in 1963, a fisherman found a knitted quilt sealed with wire, inside it was a 2-year old boy’s body. The technology wasn’t there to identify the ‘unknown boy’. But in 2009, Fagan, along with other Jackson County Sheriff’s detectives found the case. They wanted to give the boy his name back. ....