KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - After 10 years, 3rd Thursday has become a tradition in Klamath Falls. Maybe it is the live music, the aroma of fresh food, friends, community, or camaraderie - but there is something special about attending 3rd Thursday.
Read MoreKFDA Awarded $146,000 grant for IOOF Building upper window replacement
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath Falls Downtown Association (KFDA), has announced that they have been awarded an Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant totaling $147,000.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - At 1100 sharp, two F-15’s from the 173rd Fighter Wing flew over Veterans Memorial Park in Klamath Falls on Monday. The flyover signaled the start of the 2023 Memorial Day ceremonies honoring military men and women who have sacrificed everything for our country.
Read MoreAlley Activation Project continues
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - In 2022 Healthy Klamath was able to install 4 beautiful pieces of art on the exterior wall of a building downtown thanks to the AARP 2022 Community Challenge grant. Due to the success of this initial project, Healthy Klamath announces that in 2023 they plan to continue these beautification efforts.
Read MorePhoto Story: Graduation Parade
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, graduating high school students from Bonanza, Chiloquin, Eagle Ridge, Falcon Heights Academy, Gilchrist, Henley, Klamath Union, Lost River, and Mazama walked down Main Street in Klamath Falls as part of the Graduation Sensation. An event organized by Klamath Promise.
Read MoreTwo arrested following drive-by shooting in Klamath Falls
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On March 31, 2022, Officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to a report of a drive-by shooting that occurred in the 2700 block of Alma Alley.
Read MoreDrought forces change to Kruise
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The 2021 Kruise of Klamath will look a bit different this year than it has previously, thanks to the drought and lack of irrigation water. Kruise officials are moving the Saturday show and shine away from Moore Park and onto Main Street between 3rd and 11th streets in Klamath Falls as the park grass will be too dry to park on.
Read MoreMotorcyclist killed in crash on Main Street
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Sunday, February 7th, 2021, at 2: 29 PM, officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to the intersection of Main and 5th Streets; to reported a crash involving a truck and motorcycle at that location.
Read MoreCity to work on geothermal vault downtown
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Maintenance and Water Division Crews will be performing repairs for the Geothermal System underground utility vault at the corner of 8th and Main. A temporary lane closure will occur for eastbound traffic on 8th street from 6:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. on August 1. Please make plans to take an alternate route on this date.
Read MoreKlamath gathers to celebrate at Third Thursday
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The warm breezy air was filled with love, laughter and music as thousands came out to celebrate one of the Klamath Falls’ best summer traditions, Third Thursday.
Read MoreThousands line Main Street for Independence Day Parade [VIDEO]
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Small town America is alive and well in Klamath Falls and it shown at the annual Independence Day Parade when thousands of spectators lined the streets of downtown. They waved flags of all sizes, cheered for their favorite floats, and honored their country.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Link River and Main Street
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Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for June 2, 2019, shows the Link River as it flows past Main Street in Klamath Falls.
Read MorePhoto Story: 2019 Memorial Day Parade
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Thousands came out to watch the 2019 Memorial Day parade that began at 10:00 AM at the corner of Spring and Main in Downtown Klamath Falls. Spectators lined parade route from the Klamath County Museum all the way to Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Honoring our Military
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Klamath County Museum's Photo of the Week for May 26, 2019, shows a military color guard leading a parade on Main Street in Klamath Falls in this undated photo. The vintage automobiles, the large number of men in uniform, and the two soldiers depicted in the Wonder Bread advertisement on the billboard, suggest the photo was probably taken not long after the U.S. entered World War II.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Moving Engine 2579 from Veterans Park [VIDEO]
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Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for April 21, 2019, shows a crew laying track in preparation for removing Southern Pacific Engine 2579 from Veterans Park in downtown Klamath Falls.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Link River Auto Camp [VIDEO]
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Who remembers what stood on the west bank of the Link River before the Favell Museum was constructed in Klamath Falls? The Klamath County Museum Photo of the Week for April 14, 2019, reveals the answer.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: The History of Garbage
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The Klamath County Museum’s latest video provides background and details on the Klamath County Museum's Photo of the Week for April 7, 2019.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Klamath's first McDonald's, and first mall.
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Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for March 24, 2019, is an image published in the Nov. 28, 1971, Herald and News reporting on the opening of the first McDonald’s restaurant in Klamath Falls.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: Steamboats on Upper Klamath Lake
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Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for March 10, 2019, shows a group of steamboats at the docks at Shippington.
All three of the steamboats seen here were built in Klamath Falls. Seen at the dock at left is the Eagle, constructed in 1908. Docked at right is the Modoc, which measured 60 feet in length. Its boiler was originally fired by wood, but was later converted to burn oil. The Wasp, seen paddling by the other two boats, was built in 1914. It was slightly smaller, at 50 feet in length.
Read MoreKlamath Heritage: The Gun Store
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Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for March 3, 2019, is an undated image showing the interior of The Gun Store, a fixture in downtown Klamath Falls through most of the 1900s.
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