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On June 1, 2019 Col. Jeff “Sled” Smith will step down as the Commander of the 173rd Fighter Wing, and Col. Jeff “Thug” Edwards will take command of the wing. It marks the final chapter in their careers which began when they stepped off the same bus at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991.
Read MoreThe May Klamath IDEA Talk will feature Jessica Gomez, founder and CEO of Rogue Valley Microdevices, Inc. in Medford, Ore. and two teams from Catalyze Klamath on Wednesday, May 22 at 5:30pm at MC’s on Main.
Read MoreGovernor Kate Brown orders all flags at public institutions throughout Oregon be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15 in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day. This comes after President Donald J. Trump issues a proclamation on Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2019.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. - A special event was held on May 9 to celebrate the academic success of nontraditional students involved in Oregon Institute of Technology's Tech Opportunities Program (TOP). President of the university, Nagi Naganathan, Ph.D., applauded the TOP students who each earned 3.3 GPA or higher in fall or winter term of this academic year.
Read MoreAlturas, Calif. - Obsidian collection will open for the 2019 season on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at Lassen/Rainbow, Middle Fork Davis Creek, Needles and Pink Lady collection sites in the Warner Mountains.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. – The 3rd Annual Arnie’s Golf Tournament benefiting Klamath Ice Sports returns to the Running Y Ranch Resort Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course on May 24th, 2019.
Read MoreKlamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for May 12, 2019, shows a crew working on the north portal of the tunnel on the Southern Pacific line near Dorris, Calif., in 1909.
Read MoreChiloquin OR.- Klamath Tribal Government, Administration Staff, and Tribal Social Services, met with members of the Oregon Department of Human Services to discuss the Child Welfare System and the Klamath Tribal children’s over-represented numbers in the state child welfare system.
Read MoreThe Klamath County Museum will host a pair of events on Saturday, May 11, 2019 - a native plant walk and sale, plus an astronomy day celebration.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. - As Oregon faces a rapidly approaching wildfire season, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today introduced legislation to improve forest management and reduce the risk of catastrophic fires in the state. Walden, joined by a group of 18 lawmakers, authored the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019, which would make significant reforms to forest management policy across Oregon’s federal lands.
Read MoreOne student plans to return to her hometown and teach kindergarten. Another wants be an orthopedic surgeon. Others plan careers as wildland firefighters, Air Force and commercial pilots, business leaders and high school teachers.
The 38 members of the Lost River Junior-Senior High School class of 2019 on Thursday celebrated their futures with the school’s third annual Signing Day, 37 pledged to 12 different colleges, and one plans to join the Coast Guard this fall.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Ore. – Thursday, Southern California developers representing Coast MHP announced their purchase of the Round Lake property (including the golf course and main residential) located near Keno. Having officially acquired the property, the developers will soon begin making major facility improvements and start building enhanced residential units to the location over multiple phases.
Read MoreOn May 9, 2019 at 2:33 a.m., Emergency Dispatch received a call from Rex Ronald Jones, 59, indicating he had shot Russell Sherman Gilbert and that Gilbert didn’t appear to be breathing.
The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police responded, and the deputies and troopers found the victim deceased. The homicide occurred on property on Cox Road in Crescent, Oregon.
Read MorePortland, OR – PacifiCorp has entered into a site access agreement with Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. to allow the firm to conduct initial surveying and other work connected to planned removal of four dams on the Klamath River.
Read MoreOregon State Police is continuing the investigation into Thursday morning’s crash on Highway 140W near Klamath Falls.
On May 9, 2019, at about 10:00 AM, OSP troopers and first responders were dispatched to a two vehicle fatal crash on Highway 140W near milepost 66, approximately a mile west of the Running Y Ranch.
Read MoreRichard Ambrecht of the Sprague River area, age 26, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, May 7, after stealing a vehicle and attempting to elude Sheriff’s deputies.
Read MoreDr. Nagi Naganathan, President of the Oregon Institute of Technology is our guest on Season 4, Episode 3 of Ask Klamath. In this episode we chat with Dr. Naganathan about the current status of OIT, the future of OIT and answer your questions live.
Read MoreLost River FFA will be selling hanging baskets, bedding plants, vegetable starts, various flowers, and tomatoes at its Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale.
Read MoreThe National Weather Service in Medford has upgraded the recently announced Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for the Klamath Basin and the Fremont-Winema National Forest. The warning is in effect from 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM PDT Thursday, May 9, 2019.
Read MoreThe National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Fire Weather Watch for the Klamath Basin and Fremont-Winema National Fores, which is in effect Thursday afternoon. An unusually warm and dry pattern this afternoon and Wednesday will become even warmer and drier Thursday into the weekend.
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