Power lines in the south and southwestern hills of Eugene will stay in wildfire safety settings until wildfire season is declared over.

While crews continue to mop up the Bench and Round Butte wildfires on Oregon’s Warm Springs Reservation, a relief drive is underway to help affected horses and livestock.

On this edition, we talk with Kyle Williams of the Oregon Department of Forestry about how the agency has to change strategies as our wildland fires get more extreme in the era of climate change.

In the final hours of work before members of Congress went on recess for five weeks, a bill backed by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden to relieve natural disaster survivors from paying federal income taxes on their recovery settlements and lawyers fees passed against unexpected odds.

According to the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office, Jason Ensign, of Klamath Falls, was operating a dozer helping fire crews in the Yahwee Plateau area.

Six years ago this month, a 27-year-old Eugene man went missing. This weekend, his parents are holding what’s become an annual 5k race to bring awareness to mental health, addiction and missing persons.

On this edition, we talk with Lt. Tim Wallace the new head of the Lane County Sheriff's Search and Rescue program. Wallace talks about the role and how search and rescue in Lane County is a complex team effort.

The Spokane Area Fires, comprising three large wildfires, have burned more than 8,000 acres as of Monday and are still uncontained.

Western Oregon is in store for hot weather, smoke and elevated fire danger this week.

Thousands in the Warm Springs reservation have been without power or clean water for nearly a week. As the government reopens they’re faced with rebuilding — even while the fire still burns.