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More Favorable Weather Conditions Help Fire Crews Slow the Smith River Fire Complex, Now...
Another day of moderate weather gave fire crews the opportunity to continue working ahead of the fire on containment lines and within containment lines to...
Department of Environmental Quality Issues Advisory, Temperatures Stay Mild
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air Pollution Advisory for much of southwestern Oregon going into the work week as Wildfires burning...
Smith River Fire Complex Now Over 70,716 acres with 6% Containment
After Red Flag Warnings came to fruition inundating Oregon with over 1600 lightning strikes early in weekend, wind gusts and dry conditions drove fire activity...
Traffic Stop Yields 1.5 pounds of Meth and 55 grams of Fentanyl
Agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force with the Fortuna Police Department served a search warrant on a Fortuna man after a traffic stop...
Over 1600 Lightning Strikes Spur Smith River Fire Complex Expansion to 66,505 acres
With Red Flag Warnings forecasting a relatively dry weather system threatening Thunder and Lightning storms through out Thursday evening and into Friday morning looming, fire crews scrambled...
Officer Involved Shooting Sends Two to the Hospital
Grants Pass Police Officers responded to the scene of a shooting near the M Street Market Thursday morning just before 9:00am.
Smith River Fire Complex Continues to Rage, Now Charring 57,225 acres, as Resources Pour...
Resources continue to pour into the Smith River Fire Complex, now burning for ten days after first being reported Tuesday, August 15th, and has now...
Curry County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and U.S. Coast Guard Team Up to Rescue...
Several members of the Curry County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team responded to the Grassy Knob trail head Monday August 21st, after receiving a...
With Red Flag Warnings on the Horizon, Perimeter Growth Continues as the Smith River...
The latest imaging from the Smith River Fire Complex again indicates activity and growth in every sector and all along the perimeter now covering more...
Red Flag Warnings, Dry Lightning and Thunder as Temperatures Remain Warm
The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings for much of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon going into the weekend as temperatures remain...