Fire managers at the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lakeview District Bureau of Land Management, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex will start prescribed burns soon, with the prescribed fire season lasting a few months.
The Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Klamath Falls will be home to a new squadron of F-35A Lightning II jets, with a special task force organized to prepare the community for the new opportunity.
A man accused of abducting a woman in Seattle, driving her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locking her in a makeshift cinder block cell is facing fresh charges of kidnapping and rape in a separate case involving alleged crimes two months earlier, court documents show.
The man awaiting federal trial for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman, whom he allegedly held captive in a makeshift cinderblock cell in Oregon, faces similar allegations in a separate case, court records show.
Klamath County is preparing for an annular solar eclipse next month, with thousands of spectators set to head into Chiloquin to take a look. With the high volume of traffic expected, some community members are expressing concern about the event.