OPB

Oregon Gov. Brown On Burns: 'Spectacle Must End'

In a press conference Wednesday where Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced her policy agenda, she took aim at federal officials. The governor said federal officials have told to her to limit her public ...
OPB

Old Burns Hotel Among 27 Projects To Get Oregon Dollars

Courtesy of Jen Keady Take a walk in downtown Burns and you see a few shops and restaurants, but also empty storefronts and vacant lots. The Central Hotel, built in 1929, was boarded up until recently ...
KTVZ

Burns-area flooding Thursday afternoon update: Warmup forecast to send Silvies River rising again next week; ‘Dike D’ being reinforced

BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Snowmelt runoff in the Silvies River led to led to devastating flooding in the Burns area in recent days. The river has gone down since, but the community is watching carefully a ...
KGW8

Burns residents grapple with lack of federal assistance after devastating floods: 'Doesn't look hopeful'

BURNS, Oregon — Months after severe flooding decimated the small town of Burns in southeastern Oregon, residents are still searching for assistance. Burns city officials said the Federal Emergency ...
KTVB

8 dead in two-car collision near Burns, Oregon

BURNS, Ore. — A collision in rural Oregon that killed eight people happened when the driver of one SUV crossed the centerline and crashed into another SUV carrying seven people. The Oregon State ...
KOIN 6

Indigenous say ‘controlled burns’ can tame Oregon wildfires

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — For Indigenous tribes in the Pacific Northwest, fire has always been a part of the landscape. Klamath Tribal Council Chairman Don Gentry says his ancestors learned ...