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California’s Still Battling Its Worst Wildfire Ever. Here’s How to Help

Oregon fire crews now working on the blaze near Chico
Chris Miller

At last estimate, the three wildfires burning in California had killed 42 people, with 200 still missing. Fires have burned nearly 200,000 acres and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Paradise, Calif. and Chico, and also around Malibu. Last Sunday, the Oregon Department of Forestry deployed two strike teams to help battle the Camp […]

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Child Care Crunch

School’s out. If you’re one of the many who waited to find somewhere for your kids to hang out this summer, this may help
Annette Benedetti

Summer break is here­—and whether it’s due to a sudden change of plans or procrastination, you might be finding yourself faced with finding last-minute care for your school-age kids. As you search the internet and begin to make calls, you realize the situation is dire. Enrollment dates are long over. Many summer programs are filled […]

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Shelter from the Subduction Zone

If a major quake hits the Pacific coast, we’ll feel it in Central Oregon—but the bigger shakeup will be from those using this region as a refuge from the destruction.
Brian Jennings

Across the Northwest, the threat of an impending major earthquake looms large—so much so that the state of Oregon has created the “Cascadia Playbook” to map out emergency response coordination efforts statewide. While the local area isn’t expected to suffer serious damage, Central Oregon still plays a major role in that playbook. A History of […]

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