Blue River

Fire officials say the rains over the weekend have helped them make progress on Oregon’s forest fires, reducing heat and dampening potential fuels.

Hotter temperatures mean wildfire season is underway across many parts of the U.S. And while news crews tend to put away the mics and cameras once the firefighters leave, for residents in communities that have burned, the repercussions continue long after the flames are out.

This weekend, about 100 people gathered in Blue River to celebrate the grand opening and dedication of its new fire station.

A mobile home park destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire in 2020 is being rebuilt, with new units expected this summer.

The McKenzie Corridor community of Blue River continues to rebuild, nearly four years after a wildfire leveled most of it.

Ground broke late last month for the O’Brien Memorial Library in Blue River. The previous building was destroyed in the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire.

Several draft concepts for rebuilding the fire-ravaged community of Blue River will be presented by Lane County officials on Nov. 8. Local input is encouraged.

Three years after a health clinic in rural eastern Lane County burned down in the Holiday Farm Fire, it is finally being rebuilt.

A Blue River resident and disaster relief worker says the town is just about a third rebuilt, since being leveled by 2020’s Holiday Farm Fire.

Even before the Holiday Farm Fire of 2020, residents in the McKenzie River Corridor had to cope with unreliable internet. This grant-funded project brings resilient broadband infrastructure to the rural community.

After hearing firsthand accounts from survivors of last year’s Holiday Farm fire, a group of Springfield high school students wanted to do something to…

One year ago, the Morris family experienced a total loss. Their three homes and their artesian water bottling facility in Blue River burned to the ground. Today, just after the first anniversary of the Holiday Farm fire—they have something to celebrate.