Climate and Weather Updates

As temperatures continued to climb throughout most of Oregon, an excessive heat warning was issued. A lack of air conditioning units prompted several school districts, including in the Portland metropolitan area, to release students early…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore — The National Weather Service has also issued an excessive heat warning for the next few days for a significant part of the Willamette Valley. Currently high fire danger levels in Jackson and Josephine counties will…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The triple digit heatwave blanketing the Rogue Valley in Oregon is causing power outages, frustrating residents of Talent. However, they are going to have to exercise patience as outages could continue through to…

The fire danger level in Jackson and Josephine counties has been raised to reflect a red alert (“extreme”) in an announcement by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). The Wildfires in Eagle Point (Salt Creek fire) and Siskiyou County (…

Extremely hot weather and the illegal use of fireworks could be a lethal combination for wildfires in Oregon and California this 4th July weekend. Sizzling temperatures reaching 111 degrees in Medford, Oregon, and 116 degrees in Redding,…

A triple digit heatwave is predicted will start on Independence Day (Thursday, July 4) through to Sunday, stretching from Portland in the northwest to Medford in Southern Oregon. Temperature gauges will hover between 100 to 115 degrees.…

Oregon's Urban and Community Assistance Forestry Program has expanded its support services for urban forests and trees in urban areas through new funding. This has more than tripled the number of employees engaged in support work. …

ASHLAND, Ore. — The fate of the 2200 Ashland St. property acquired last year to house homeless people during emergencies and severe weather conditions will be decided by the City Council at a study session Tuesday evening. UPDATE: 2200…

After one of the worst growing seasons on record, federal aid and loans have been made available to cherry farmers in 9 Oregon counties through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency. Farmers have eight months to apply for…

A watchdog group has exposed 28 Oregon lobbyists who represent climate change protagonists while simultaneously espousing anti-climate change policies for various organizations. They are said to be exacerbating the thorny issue by…