Lake County

LAKE COUNTY, Ore. — A Lakeview man, 74-year-old David Edward Dillon, died Monday morning after police fired at him when he pointed a firearm at law enforcement officers during his arrest. A Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and an…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has been requested to direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture or shoot a lone wolf that is killing calves in Lake County. The urgent request follows a Public Safety and Livestock Emergency…

Responding to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 140, near milepost 55, in Lake County on February 14, the Oregon State Police (OSP), assisted by Lake County Search and Rescue and ODOT, initiated an investigation after the driver, Laura Anne…

UPDATE: Warner Creek DOC Walk Away Back In Custody David Jones, an adult in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Warner Creek Correctional Facility who escaped from a work crew in Lakeview on Monday, is back in the…

LAKE COUNTY, Ore. — To preserve unique and special landscapes, cross-country off-highway vehicles will have limited access to about 70,000 acres within the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes in Lake County. The new ruling also affects other…

Amazing Grace, the white Golden Retriever mix lost in remote unincorporated wilderness areas of Oregon for more than four months, is now ready for adoption. Despite a green collar around her neck, the universal sign that a dog is…

LAKE COUNTY, Ore. — Years in the making, Oregon Outback Dark Sky Network has now submitted an application to DarkSky.org to be recognized as the largest Dark Sky on Earth. Pinpointing 2.5 million acres of land in eastern Lake County -…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Three endangered gray wolves from the same pack have died in Klamath county, and a federal agency in southern Oregon is offering a $50,000 reward for information about their deaths. On December 29, two gray wolves'…

Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency due to homelessness on January 9, following a previous declaration set to end on January 10. Extending the emergency order was directed at allowing Oregon to keep the momentum going for recently…