OPB

How nearly 50-year-old camp in Gates is still recovering from 2020 Beachie Creek fire

Upward Bound is a faith-based camp that opened in 1978 for pre-teens and adults with disabilities to experience traditional camp activities, from making s’mores around a campfire to hiking, fishing or ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Narrow escape, lifesaving phone call: Oregon woman recalls fire

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MARION COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — With the town ...
OPB

OPB’s First Look: 5 years after the Labor Day fires, survivors are still rebuilding

Four survivors, two from the Almeda fire and two from the Beachie Creek fire, share their stories five years after the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. In other news, St. Agatha Catholic School rescinded the ...
Capital Press

9th Circuit won’t revive lawsuit alleging botched wildfire response

A federal appeals court has refused to revive the Freres Timber Co.’s lawsuit alleging the U.S. Forest Service purposely botched its efforts to suppress a major wildfire. In 2024, a federal judge ...
Statesman Journal

PacifiCorp pays $575M to federal government over 2020 Labor Day Fires

PacifiCorp agreed to pay $575 million to the federal government for damages and expenses arising from the 2020 Labor Day Fires in Oregon and California as well as a 2022 fire in California. The ...