Family & Community

In what will hopefully launch an annual event, Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” hosted Girls got STEM, a weeklong camp at the Klamath Falls campus for young ladies ages 15-18. The group consists of more than 40 campers, counselors and mentors.

Salem, OR - To prevent further forest fires while supporting areas affected by summer blazes, Oregon Office of Emergency Management is teaming up with other state agencies to raise awareness of fire prevention.  

Klamath Falls residents are being invited to contribute iris tubers for a beautification project along a stretch of Crater Lake Parkway. The public is also invited to participate in a flower planting work day on Labor Day, Sept. 3, from 9 to 11 a.m.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. The Oregon Tech Athletic Department is proud to announce the relaunch of a historic booster club. The Hustlin' Owl Booster Club, originally launched in 1967, is comprised of individuals who have the desire to help champion and continue to grow the Athletic Department at Oregon Tech.

The Oregon Tech Athletic Department has had a busy summer and it is not in the way you might think. Of course, there has been sports camps, team recruiting, advertising/sponsorship deals and planning for the upcoming seasons. However, they have also been hard at work doing some much needed improvements to facilities. 

Crater Lake, OR – Saturday, August 11, 2018, is the 42nd Annual Crater Lake Rim Run. This is not a park sponsored event but each year it is conducted under the guidelines of a special-use park permit. The following information will assist visitors who plan to be in the park before the event on Friday evening, August 10, and on the day of the run.

The Sheriff’s Office receives inquiries from Klamath County citizens on a daily basis about phone calls from supposed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) representatives. The vast majority of these phone calls are from a “robo” system, wherein a recorded message is on the other end of the line, and it threatens to alert law enforcement to make arrests if tax-related demands are not met. These type of calls are, always, illegitimate; those behind the calls are seeking to swindle the unknowing out of money.

A hike on sections of the original rim road around Crater Lake will be offered Saturday, Aug. 18, by the Klamath County Museum, in cooperation with staff from the National Park Service.

The dog days of summer & the hot August nights are here. What better way to celebrate than with some good ol’ small town fun. This weekend the Klamath Basin is host to some awesome things to do, Such as: NASA Braille Media Day, Crater Lake Rim Run, Tulelake Shindig Street Fair, and the Community Pool Party.

Today, community leaders cut the ribbon on a $7 million expansion of REACH, Inc.’s facility in Klamath Falls that serves people with developmental and other serious disabilities in Southern Oregon. The project allowed REACH to formally acquire the Maywood Mill Site, where it has operated for years, and a former bank building nearby, and renovate those facilities to eventually offer enhanced services to its program participants.

Salem, OR – At the annual awards ceremony at the Oregon State Fair, families from across the state will receive recognition for operating as Century or Sesquicentennial (150-year) Farm or Ranch.  The 2018 ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2018, at 11:00 am at the Oregon State Fair.  The public recognition ceremony and awards celebration will be held in the Picnic Grove Area. Please join us for this special event that celebrates Oregon’s agricultural heritage.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has lifted the recreational use health advisory issued July 20 for Odell Lake, located 75 miles southeast of Eugene off Hwy 58 in Klamath County.

Klamath Film is pleased to present "Call Me By Your Name" and honored to have writer/producer James Ivory on hand to Q&A after this special showing of the film. The show will begin at 6pm with time for audience questions afterward, Saturday August 18, 2018 at Pelican Cinema on Biehn Street in Klamath Falls, OR. Approx. film runtime 2 hours 12 minutes.

In a email sent to Klamath Falls News, the Klamath Tribes announced that Rogue Climate will be at Tribal Headquarters to hold a writing workshop as well as a rally . Details of that workshop are below.

An auto tour to Emigrant Pass and other historic sites in northern Klamath County will be offered by the Klamath County Museum Saturday, Aug. 11.

The second day of the 2018 Klamath County Fair is all bout the animals. 4H and FFA Students work hard all year just for this day. They purchase the livestock, raise it, feed it, train it, groom it, all for the animal to be its best on show day. 

After a long smoke filled day, the first day of the Klamath County Fair is in the books. The day featured an up and coming country superstar, wild cats, a hairless guinea pig (check our Instagram for that one), a golf cart driving puppet, the tin man, hogs and so much more. 

The Klamath County Museum will host star parties in three locations on Saturday, Aug. 11, to highlight the annual Perseid meteor shower.

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure the approximately 10 million Americans who identify as LGBTQ are properly counted in Census data collection.

Holden Hubble and Emilio Hernandez thought they had the perfect set up for their Mars lander – plastic spoons to act as propellers and inflated balloons to soften the landing and thereby protect the enclosed raw egg.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has lifted the recreational use health advisory issued June 25 for Upper Klamath Lake, located off Oregon Route 140, 15 miles west of Klamath Falls in Klamath County.

Do you have a transportation related question or idea you want to discuss? If so, join state and local transportation officials for a coffee social to talk about how the transportation system functions and current challenges and opportunities that may exist.

The Carr Fire near Redding, California has reportedly destroyed over 500 structures and forced tens of thousands to flee, according to the latest reports. It has come to the attention of Klamath County officials that evacuees have arrived in Klamath Falls with no place to go.

Henley High School’s graduation rate is among the best in the state, and the Hornets are No. 1 in The Oregonian newspaper’s ranking of 2017 graduation rates among 140 mid- to large-sized high schools. (Mid- to large-sized schools were defined as having at least 90 students in the potential graduating class.)

The new superintendent of the Klamath County School District has a track record of improving standardized test scores, integrating technology into classrooms, and working with state and local leaders to maintain and secure funding.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Smoke intrusion from regional wildfires continues to create hazardous air quality concerns in Klamath County. County residents should take precautions to avoid health problems.

Klamath Falls, Ore. – On Wednesday, July 25 the Ross Ragland Theater held its annual Season Launch Party.  The event was free and boasted both live and video sneak peek performances of the upcoming Season.

This weekend has a lot to offer from the Bonanza BBQ Rib Cookoff to Lake Jam Oregon on Saturday, and don’t forget Hollywood Nights and the Keno Lions Club Annual Steak and Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed.

Registration is still open for Gone Fishing, a free all-day, learn-to-fish event for anyone in the Klamath Basin with a disability.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4 at the Moore Park Pavilion. So far, 40 people have registered. The event is organized by Klamath County Transition Program in partnership with Pond Hopper Nation.

Randy Rose, new principal at Shasta Elementary School, has spent the last month painting – and he’s not done yet.

Since mid-June, he has been repainting the school’s main offices and last week, with help from Vice Principal Ruben Paschal, was finishing up the cafeteria.