Photo Story: Graduation Weekend 2023
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KLAMATH BASIN - Hundreds of high school seniors throughout the Basin were honored this weekend as eleven high schools held commencement ceremonies to celebrate.
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Photo Story: Veteran's Day 2022
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Friday was Veterans Day and Klamath Falls held a parade down Main Street and Ceremony at Veterans Park to celebrate and honor Veterans in Klamath Falls. 173rd Fighter Wing Commander, Colonel Lee R. Bouma was recognized as the parade’s Grand Marshal and spoke at the ceremony.
Read MoreThousands attend opening day of the Klamath County Fair→
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, thousands from the community gathered at the Klamath County Fairgrounds for opening day of the 2022 Klamath County Fair. Headlining act of the day included country icon Rodney Atkins performing live on the Event Center stage to an audience of nearly three thousand. Throughout the day thousands more roamed the grounds experiencing …
Read MorePhoto Story: Thousands gather downtown for Third Thursday
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Downtown Klamath Falls was alive, energetic, and bustling last night for the July Third Thursday event. Thousands came out to enjoy the warm & sunny 85-degree evening, listen to a selection of live music from Nephilim and Michael Quinn, consume some fantastic street food, and purchase trinkets from dozens of vendors.
Read MorePhoto Story: Independence Day Parade 2022
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Thousands of spectators lined Main Street in downtown Klamath Falls today, for the annual Independence Day parade organized by the Klamath Freedom Celebration Series. The hour-long parade began when a pair of F-15 Eagles with the 173rd Fighter Wing provided a flyover above the parade route.
Read MoreThird Thursday Returns
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Last night, the sound of live music and the scent of street food filled the air for the first fully open Third Thursday event since the summer of 2019. The event drew thousands back together for the event in downtown Klamath Falls for the first time in months.
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 MorePhoto Story: Live fire training keeps everyone safe
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Firefighters from Klamath County Fire District #1 and Kingsley Fire, along with Cadets from the Klamath Community College Fire Academy had real-life fire training today south of Klamath Falls.
Read MoreKlamath County Fair Returns for All
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Once again, the Klamath County Fairgrounds was full of smiling faces and joyous laughter as guests were able to fully attend the Klamath County Fair for the first time in two years. They consumed delicious fair food, played esports, conquered an escape room, rode carnival rides, and witnessed the showing of prize-winning animals & crafts. The best part, the fair is just getting started.
Read MorePhoto Story: Snowy Eagles
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KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. - The winter snow that blanketed the Klamath Basin on February 19, 2021, left a dusting of white on the F-15 Eagles of the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field.
Read MoreBenefit for the Basin raises $183,000
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When the tire smoke cleared, this year’s event at the Klamath County Fairgrounds marked biggest attendance, most cars, and best fundraising yet. The Klamath County Event Center, Stillwell Arena, and Butler Barn were all jammed full of show cars. Spectators came to see their favorite cars, watch drag races, and eat great food. Together the community raised over $183,000.
Read MorePhoto Story: Klamath Falls Tanker Base sees first action of the season
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Due to the Goose 2 Fire in Modoc County California, the US Forest Service Klamath Falls Airtanker Base was in brought to life with its first real world action this fire season.
Read MorePhoto Story: 141 Graduating Seniors receive diplomas at Henley High School
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“Dream big dreams. Discipline yourself to work for them and persist until they become your reality,” says Andrea Armantrout, Vice Principal, Henley High School.
Read MorePhoto Story: Klamath Union High School Celebrates the Class of 2019
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Thirteen years in the making, today, 126 Seniors crossed the stage at Modoc Field to receive a high school diploma from Klamath Union today. These students are the first to complete their senior year inside the walls of the “New KU.”
Read MorePhoto Story: Mazama High School Graduates 134 Students
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Mazama High School seniors celebrated their graduation Friday evening, walking across the stage and turning their tassels as their classmates, friends and family cheered.
Read MorePhoto Story: KCFD1 Hosts burn to learn, for student firefighters final exam [VIDEO]
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Today five student firefighters with Klamath County Fire District 1 received hands on training in their final exam before graduation and joining the ranks of firefighter. For several it was not their first experience battling fire but it was the first experience with KCFD1.
“Today we have a training fire, we call it a burn to learn,” says Dave Sonneman, Firefighter and Instructor for KCFD1. “We get them in there with real live fire and we see how they react.”
Read MorePhoto Story: Farm Expo Showcases Klamath Ag to Basin Fourth-Graders
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550 Fourth grade students from all corners of the Klamath Basin attended the 2019 Farm Expo held Wednesday and Thursday at the Klamath County Event Center. Since the 1970’s, students have had an opportunity for hands on learning about many different aspects of Klamath Basin Agriculture, including; 4-H, FFA, potato farming, cattle ranching, goats, irrigation, timber, grain, hay, dairy, bees and many more.
Read MorePhoto Story: Snow Day
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From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning Klamath Falls officially received 7.5” of heavy wet snow. Unofficially many locations in town received higher snow totals. Levels were great enough that all schools, with the exception of Butte Valley and Tulelake, and many small businesses called in a ‘Snow Day’.
Read MorePhoto Story: The Calm Before the Storm, Crater Lake NP
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Over the weekend it is forecasted that Crater Lake National Park can receive up to 18 inches of new snow during the upcoming storm. The extended forecast from the National Weather Service Office in Medford, Ore. also shows that today may be the last day for sunshine for some time. With that info, I took advantage of an opportunity to get out of the newsroom and use my snowshoes.
Read MoreHundreds Gather For Easter Egg Scramble at OIT (Photo Story)
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The annual Oregon Tech Easter Egg Scramble was held today (3/31/18) on the field of John F. Mohel Stadium where 783 kids and their family members dashed for the colorful treasures.
The scramble has become tradition at Oregon Tech organized by the Residence Hall. For over a week, students packaged individual wrapped candies inside 16,000+ eggs for the scramble and in mere seconds it was over.
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