While the Bench Fire in Oregon has been largely contained, its effects are still being felt. A ranching couple on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon are needing help caring for their cattle and wild horses, after the fire destroyed their grazing land.

Four Lincoln County property owners whose houses were damaged or destroyed by a massive landslide on Oregon Highway 229 north of Siletz in December are suing the Northwest timber giant they say is to blame.

Vegetative matter like compost and hay can spontaneously combust if too damp. Eugene Springfield Fire explains how microbial heat builds up and how to prevent it.

The fire was reported around 12:30 p.m. Monday. Eugene Springfield Fire tells KLCC there are no current structural threats.

The Wasco County blaze is one in a series of fires that have burned large swaths of Oregon, straining local resources and piling on the emotional toll on residents.

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.