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Rehab for public land burned in Durkee, Cow Valley fires estimated at $27 million

BAKER CITY — Rehabilitating public land burned in two of the region’s biggest wildfires this summer could cost…

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Difficult fire season strains relationship between forestry department, Eastern Oregon landowners

PENDLETON — At a board retreat Thursday, Oct. 17, in Pendleton, officials from the Oregon Department of Forestry…

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Durkee Fire: ‘For a while, it looked like the whole world might burn’

DURKEE, Ore. — Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the…

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Prescribed fire spreads into Walla Walla’s watershed

WALLA WALLA — A prescribed fire intended to help protect the source of Walla Walla’s drinking water from…

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Weather turns prescribed burn into wildfire 15 miles southeast of Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA — Officials fighting the prescribed fire-turned-wildfire 15 miles southeast of Walla Walla in the Mill Creek…

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Conditions push prescribed fire into Walla Walla’s watershed

WALLA WALLA — Weather that was drier and windier than forecast caused a prescribed fire to burn beyond…

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Grant County tallies the damage from summer wildfires

JOHN DAY — It’s been a long, hot summer in Grant County. In July, a wave of wildfires…

Wildfires

Nearly five months in, Oregon wildfire season expected to last into mid-October

Oregon’s forest and fire leaders were succinct in describing this year’s wildfire season to a group of Oregon…

Wildfires

Nearly five months in, Oregon wildfire season expected to last into mid-October

SALEM — Oregon’s forest and fire leaders were succinct in describing this year’s wildfire season to a group…

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Reward of $8,000 offered for information about July fires in Malheur County

VALE — The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and the Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District are offering a reward…

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