Following the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Extreme Heat Watch warning issued earlier this week, the Medford National Weather Service Office issued an Excessive Heat Warning in Southwest Oregon from 1 p.m. Friday, August 22, until 8…
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) warned that fire danger levels will rise to extreme on Tuesday in Jackson and Josephine as hot, windy weather and dry vegetation increase wildfire risks.
The National Weather…
Oregonians will be subjected to extreme heat that could soar into the lower 100s in the Rogue Valley, prompting the opening of weather shelters.
The National Weather Service (NWS) states that high temperatures in the upper 90s will…
Oregonians can expect an invasion of termites, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and even cockroaches this summer, warns a pest expert.
Oregon’s mild winter came with a hidden cost - a likely explosion of pests this summer.
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On Tuesday, Governor Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency due to the potential threat to life, safety, and property and significant damage to infrastructure caused by flooding and landslides across Southern Oregon that started on…
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) activated the State Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) to Level 3 (Regional Response) yesterday in response to widespread flooding across parts of western Oregon.
Oregon Heavy…
Pacific Power confirmed yesterday that it’s prepared to respond to weather-related outages ahead of a forecasted late-winter Oregon storm. The utility company is monitoring an approaching storm that may affect customers in parts of Oregon…
Hundreds of DOGE Federal firings in Oregon of workers employed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will weaken wildfire monitoring and also affect the service of…
Mass DOGE federal firings at the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been criticized by Oregon climatologists.
They say the layoffs will negatively affect weather tracking in Oregon, which in…
As weather forecasts predict snow and freezing rain across large parts of Western Oregon, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) activated the State Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) to Level 3 (Regional Response), effective…