The plan to ship onions out of the Treasure Valley will not work, according to an analysis by a Malheur County Development Corp. board member, putting into jeopardy a business plan that said the rail center would benefit the onion industry.
The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag warning for Malheur County and southern Idaho for Wednesday, Sept. 11.
A host of candidates could be in play for the November election in Ontario if they can make the Wednesday, Aug. 21, deadline to be certified.
Donations of food, water and other supplies poured in for firefighters while a local business organized a hay drive to help ranchers feed their cattle after a wildfire destroyed critical rangelands.
Crews are scrambling to slow the spread of the Durkee Fire as an extreme weather system pushing winds of up to 70 mph along with a storm that will include "an abundance of lightning" is forecast for later this afternoon.
The catastrophic Cow
Valley Fire scorched more than 200
square miles of Malheur County,
burning over private and public land
essential to feed thousands of cows
that drive the area’s biggest, most
profitable industry - the cattle industry.
New developments Tuesday afternoon on area fires include a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service and a promise of federal dollars from FEMA
The Durkee Fire south of Baker City compelled state Transportation Department officials to shut down Interstate 84.
Fire crews from around the region are converging on the Brogan area to help extinguish the Cow Valley Fire.
Crews continue to battle multiple fires in Malheur County - a few human-caused - as high temperatures are forecasted to exceed 100, and a dry thunderstorm with "abundant lightning" is set to roll through the area this weekend.