WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Klamath County Public Health and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation have secured a combined $5.1 million in federal funds for air quality.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) has proudly maintained its position as one of the nation's top universities in multiple categories, according to U.S. News and World Report "Best Colleges 2024" rankings. Recognized as the second-best public college in the West, the fifth-best among Western regional colleges, and the 58th-best undergraduate engineering program, Oregon Tech continues to shine. Furthermore, Oregon Tech secured the second spot for the best regional college in the West for veterans.
Pacific Southwest Research Station and Klamath Bird Observatory ecologists recently published new findings about using life cycles of culturally significant birds to inform the timing of prescribed burns in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) is proud to announce Brian Gailey has joined the team as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Cypress Creek Renewables (Cypress Creek) and the Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) are pleased to announce that they have partnered again to support STEM education and strengthen Oregon’s renewable energy workforce. As part of this continued partnership, Cypress Creek has committed to an additional $120,000 investment for Oregon Tech student scholarships and sponsorships over the next four years.
TULELAKE, Calif. - The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex is announcing the fall 2023 and winter 2024 waterfowl and upland game bird hunt plans for Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On September 11, Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke issued a final ruling in a lawsuit brought by the federal government against the Klamath Drainage District (KDD). The ruling holds that KDD may not divert water from a canal that it owns, using water rights that are in KDD’s name, unless the U.S. Buruea Bureau of Reclamation authorizes it to do so.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Sept. 11, 2023, Magistrate Judge Marke Clarke released findings and recommendations in two lawsuits by the Klamath Tribes against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Klamath Project operations. The Klamath Water Users Association, siding with Reclamation, argued the 2021 and 2022 operations complied with the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath area is known for its year-round sunshine. In fact, the region will be the center of attention on October 14 for the sliver of sunlight seen around the moon during the eclipse.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA), along with districts, individual water users, and tribes in the Klamath Basin, received a letter from the Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday, announcing that the previously communicated “likely” reduction to the Klamath Project’s water supply was no longer necessary and
CHILOQUIN, Ore. - An active shooter armed with a rifle shot up parts of Chiloquin on Thursday. The shooter reportedly pointed his rifle at other citizens, shot vehicles, windows, and buildings. At one point, the suspect was observed inside the Chiloquin Community Center before swimming across the Williamson River.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Crater Lake National Park, in partnership with Friends of Crater Lake and Discover Klamath, will host the annual Ride the Rim days on September 9 and September 16, 2023. On these consecutive Saturdays, East Rim Drive from North Junction to Park Headquarters will be closed to motorized vehicles from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM to allow for non-motorized recreation, including biking, hiking, and running.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Klamath County Public Health (KCPH) officials determined this morning that smoke from Lane County’s Bedrock Fire will affect Klamath County through Thursday.
PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will welcome 26 new citizens during a naturalization ceremony Thursday at Crater Lake National Park.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Portland Field Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying potential victims of a violent sex assault offender who has lived in at least 10 states.
PORTLAND, Ore.— Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a recreational use health advisory today for Agency Lake, and extended a recreational use health advisory issued July 1 for the southern portion of Upper Klamath Lake. In addition to covering Howards Bay south to the Link River Dam, the expanded advisory now includes all of Upper Klamath Lake.
KLAMATH BASIN - For several weeks now, as the morning cool turns to the heat of the day, vast swarms of voracious grasshoppers have been pouring out of the dry, largely barren Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge into the surrounding irrigated farm fields around Merrill and Tulelake. Concerns are growing that crop damage could extend into the millions of dollars.
LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 2023-04 declaring the emergency during an Emergency Session Meeting on July 24, 2023. A fiber optic line supporting services to Lakeview, Plush, Adel, New Pine Creek, Paisley, and Summer Lake has been significantly damaged on July 22 by the Golden Fire.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On July 18, 2023, at 2:20 PM, the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) was advised of a lost group in the Sky Lakes Wilderness that was without water. The hiking party consisting of two adult males and a 10-year-old juvenile were navigating via a cellular electronic device that had lost its signal.
BONANZA, Ore. - The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Golden Fire, on Bly Mountain, which began in the afternoon of July 22, 2023. Deputies, Search and Rescue volunteers, and other agencies began notifying and evacuating residents immediately.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Institute of Technology has successfully secured $18,160,000 in state bond funding to complete a full renovation of the university’s unique geothermal heating and hot water system at its Klamath Falls campus.
Bend Police are seeking additional assistance in a homicide investigation. The victim’s car has been located in Klamath Falls near the intersection of South 6th and Shasta Way. Surveillance video shows the vehicle stopping at the location in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 15.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - All waters in Hagelstein Park upstream of the Highway 97 bridge are closed to angling in order to protect Shortnose (Koptu) and Lost River (C'waam) suckers that inhabit the waters in the park.
LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Lakeview District Office has hired three new employees, Steve Yates, Courtney Sheldon, and Chris Stout.
CRATER LAKE, OR – The scenic drive around the country’s deepest lake will be safer and smoother because of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund. An approximately $56 million dollar project, scheduled to start in Crater Lake National Park this summer, will improve about 19 miles of East Rim Drive and a portion of the Cloudcap Spur Road.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Kylan Taylor of Klamath Falls finds fifth of six hidden bottles for Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative’s (OBRC) Hidden Bottle Hunt 2023 on Sunday in Moore Park in Klamath Falls, winning the opportunity to direct a $1000 donation to Tater Tots Pediatric Therapy.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a recreational use health advisory on June 30 for the southern portion of Upper Klamath Lake, from Howards Bay south to the Link River Dam, due to the presence of a cyanobacteria bloom and cyanotoxins above recreational use values for human exposure.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Road construction is expected to begin today on a section of Oregon Highway 140 west of Klamath Falls around Upper Klamath Lake between the Howard Bay boat launch and the intersection of Lakeshore Drive.
SALEM, Ore. - On Friday, Governor Tina Kotek announced that she is accepting additional applications for the position of Klamath County District Attorney.
KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. – The 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore. will conduct Independence Day flyovers for ceremonies at locations throughout Oregon.