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Locals mobilize to offer a space for people without homes to go, away from the hazardous air quality
As Oregon and California set new wildfire destruction records this past week (3.1 million acres burned in California and 1 million in Oregon), climate change experts argue this is just the beginning. “Climate change dries out the grassland and will continue to make summers longer and hotter, with longer fire seasons,” explained Brad Chalfant, founding […]
Rafting companies in the Bend area are seeing fewer trips booked this summer. Many attribute the decrease to cooler weather in the area and concern about possible trip cancellations due to forest fires. Tim Thornton, operations manager at River Drifters, a Maupin-based service offering trips throughout Oregon and Washington, said while business has been steady […]
Summer has arrived, with fire season right on its tails—and the memory of last year’s destructive wildfires aren’t far from the collective minds of various state and federal agencies tasked with preventing and responding to Oregon wildfires. Last week, 58 students from various agencies received several days of training organized by the Central Oregon Fire […]
The Source Weekly Update podcast! It’s a fire-themed podcast as we update you on S’mores, the Season of Wildfires and the Do’s and Don’ts with Fireworks; from the June 27, 2019 edition. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Jpo2nd Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HykqvR Tunein: https://bit.ly/2JmkRww Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2LRpX6c
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has launched the Oregon Wildfire Response Council, a group set to oversee the state’s wildfire preparedness, prevention and response.
As much as things stay the same, sometimes they also change Scrolling through the Opinion page of BendSource.com at the end of the year gave the Editorial Board a bird’s-eye view of the issues important to us and the wider community. It’s a good exercise to help distill down the issues that pop up over […]
The summer solstice has come and gone—and with it, the flareup of the first wildfires of the season for Central Oregon. If you were in the area for last year’s smoky showing, then you’re acutely aware of the impact a significant fire season like that can have on a region’s economy, and on the well-being […]
Bend is getting more popular every day. A study of Deschutes County by Portland State University found that, on average, the city of Bend is growing at a rate of 4 percent per decade. The current population sits at 94,520, according to the most recent U.S. Census estimates. Remember when there was only one Thai […]
This just in from the folks at Sisters Folk Festival: “It is with profound regret that the Board of Directors of the Sisters Folk Festival announces that the September 8 – 10, 2017 event has been cancelled due to extremely poor air quality conditions in Central Oregon. “After days of intensive consultation with fire managers, […]
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