1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1056+ words) A substantial change in early September weather has prompted federal fire managers to ease restrictions across millions of acres in Central Oregon, reopening some activities curtailed during the height of summer while Oregon remains firmly within its 2026 wildfire season. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (420+ words) Modern science has provided a clearer picture of why cannabis produces such wide-ranging effects. The plant contains hundreds of chemical compounds, including cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids and other biologically active substances. Among the best known are tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, cannabidiol, or…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (682+ words) A new wildfire burning in the Willamette National Forest has drawn an aggressive aerial and ground response after flames were discovered Monday afternoon in the Fall Creek drainage east of Eugene, adding another active incident to an Oregon fire season…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (661+ words) Cyanobacteria are affecting waterways across Southern Oregon, with active state precautions or advisories now posted from Jackson and Douglas counties into the Klamath Basin as a striking bloom on Portland’s Willamette River adds another major waterway to Oregon’s expanding late-summer…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (616+ words) A newly ignited wildfire west of Bend grew rapidly enough Saturday afternoon to prompt an evacuation notice, close a portion of Skyliners Road and bring aircraft, ground crews and heavy equipment into the area as firefighters confronted another emerging incident…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (963+ words) Questions surrounding Oregon’s weather-modification activities are expanding beyond the technology used to produce additional rain or snow, as an independent inquiry seeks records concerning both the legal authorization for ongoing cloud-seeding work and the environmental fate of silver iodide released…...