PORTLAND, Ore. – Despite substantial help from recent rain and snow events, Army water managers are bracing for another challenging year as they work to refill 13 Willamette Valley reservoirs for the upcoming conservation season. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) officials report the syst…
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s new State Forester Calvin Mukumoto thinks a single day or single week is not long enough time to recognize all the great things trees do for people. So he’s asking Oregonians to join him in celebrating all of April as Oregon Arbor Month. For the second year in a row Go…
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SALEM — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking applicants for two positions on the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee. Interested individuals should apply by Aug. 15.
SALEM — New state figures show at least 107 people succumbed to the harsh heat and sun that bore down on the Pacific Northwest from June 25 to June 28.
The change is due to drought conditions
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SALEM -- Memorial Day weekends marks the start of summer—and birthing season for Oregon's elk and deer herds. Elk calves and deer fawns are born from late May through mid-June.
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INDEPENDENCE — For the past several years, including during this winter’s severe ice storm, the plastic pipes that run between the tented greenhouses at Independence Nursery & Water Gardens haven’t frozen.
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INDEPENDENCE — A Hiroshima gingko tree will be the centerpiece of a new section of the Inspiration Garden at Mt. Fir Park.
PEDEE — Last week, Josh McLane was helping put the finishing touches on what he called “a work of art” in South Fork Pedee Creek.
PHILOMATH – The Oregon Department of Forestry’s West Oregon District declared the start of wildfire season will begin on Monday.
Dale Derouin is hoping fire brings renewal.
MONMOUTH — Property owners in Monmouth have been getting requests from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to access their property in search of unexploded ordnances and munitions.
A Dallas-based 4-H robotics club, Dallas Xtreme Team, wants people to consider their choice carefully — or better yet, BYOB (bring your own bag).
The Dallas School District is set to make a minor change to it policy regarding allowing staff to bring concealed weapons to work, but plenty of research, discussion and thought got it there
Ivy had taken over the park on one side of the creek and had jumped the boundary onto private property.
Marquis Spa expansion being contested.
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