The Happy Camp/Slater Fire Slows Now 22% Contained
The Happy Camp/Slater Fire slows considerably and according to the latest information released Monday evening just before 9:30pm, the blaze added less than 100 acres on Monday, bringing the total acres burned...
Man Injured After Accidentally Shooting Himself in Supermarket
On Sunday, September 20th, just after 7:30 pm, Lincoln City Police Officers responded to McKay's Market located in Lincoln City on a reported gunshot wound.
Upon arrival, it was...
Man Arrested After Stabbing Death
Just before 7:30pm Friday evening, September 18th, Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a fatal stabbing in the Elderberry Flats.
Although the suspect had left...
Happy Camp/Slater Fire Crews Take Advantage of Cooler Wet Weather
The Happy Camp/Slater Fire slowed significantly over the past weekend, in part due to wet weather systems passing over the area, but it was hard-working fire crews that took advantage of the...
Wet Weather on the Horizon for Work Week Weather
After measurable rain across the region early in the weekend, haze will be prominent in the valley with temperatures in the mid 50's with highs in the low 80's can be expected.
COVID-19 Case Closes Brookings-Harbor Elementary School
On Sunday afternoon, September 20th, the Brookings-Harbor School District was notified by Curry County Public Health that there had been a confirmed exposure of COVID-19 to Kalmiopsis Elementary School, and in order...
CalTrans Opens Hwy. 199
U.S. Route 199 in Del Norte County has reopened to two-way traffic at Gasquet and extending into Oregon.
This area remains an active fire zone...
Wet Weather and Hard Work Slow Happy Camp/Slater Fire
As of the last reports at 8:00pm Friday evening September 18th, the the Happy Camp/Slater Fire had consumed another 3,605 acres totaling 146,698 acres and crews had gained containment making the blaze...
5 Consecutive Weeks of Fewer Oregon COVID-19 Cases Ends
The Oregon Health Authority has officially recorded now 30,342 total cases of COVID-19 with 521 deaths statewide, up 1,477 cases and 22 deaths from the previous week. Now, two weeks after the...
Happy Camp/Slater Fire and Devil Fire Reach 150,000 Acres
As of September 17th, the Happy Camp/Slater Fire, first reported Monday, September 7th near Slater Butte Fire Lookout in the Klamath National Forest continues to burn in the Klamath, Six Rivers, and...