Melanie Stanley

The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees are being felt especially hard in rural communities across Oregon. While the potential impact to the state’s unemployment rate won’t be known until late March, workers who recently lost their jobs are already feeling the effects.

The Bedrock, Lookout, and Salmon fires have all continued to burn away, helped in part by recent gusts and extreme heat. But relief workers are doing their best to contain the spread of misinformation and disinformation about the incidents, as well as give some pointers on donations.

More than a hundred residents of Oregon’s McKenzie River Corridor retraced the 27-mile long path of last year’s Holiday Farm Fire last night. The wildfire…

Today marks one year since a series of devastating wildfires erupted across Oregon, including the Holiday Farm Fire. The destruction of McKenzie River…

The U.S. Basketball Academy in Blue River has become a new site for FEMA temporary housing. Families displaced by last year’s Holiday Farm Fire are the…

Several dozen families displaced by last year’s Holiday Farm Fire were relocated again last month, to make room for athletes competing in the Olympic…

With torches, grinders, and a gift for bringing new dimensions to old metal, sculptor Jud Turner is crafting a monument to survivors of the Holiday Farm…

The last five and a half months have been a struggle for residents of the McKenzie River Corridor. After the Holiday Farm Fire ravaged the area, winter…

Many small businesses were destroyed or damaged in last month’s wildfires. KLCC spoke with one store owner in Blue River who’s hopeful her business – and…