The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag warning for Malheur County and southern Idaho for Wednesday, Sept. 11.
Author: By Pat Caldwell and Steven Mitchell - The Enterprise
Election deadline nears for city positions as Vale mayor opts not to run again
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.
Malheur County communities reach out to firefighters – with gratitude
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.
FIRE UPDATE: Firefighters brace for lightning, heavy winds as Durkee Fire grows
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.
As fires smolder, ranchers see years of recovery ahead
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.
National Weather Service issues flash flood warning for Cow Valley, Durkee burn scars
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
FIRE UPDATE: Durkee Fire forces closure of Interstate 84
The Durkee Fire south of Baker City compelled state Transportation Department officials to shut down Interstate 84.
Fire crews from around the region deploy to fight Cow Valley blaze
Fire crews from around the region are converging on the Brogan area to help extinguish the Cow Valley Fire.
Crews continue to battle multiple blazes as dry thunderstorms with “abundant lightning” forecast
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.
Top ODOT leader signals support to release more state money to get rail center moving
An ODOT leader is apparently supportive of continuing to fund the Nyssa rail center despite a May 2 letter stating that the project leaders would need to hit additional benchmarks to resume construction.