NBC5 News reporter/weather forecaster Aaron Nilsson is a Southern California native, but most recently lived in Seattle. He’s also lived in Sweden and Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Scandinavian Studies. While at BYU, he covered sports for BYUtv.
Aaron is not new to the Medford/Klamath Falls market. He was a local TV journalist from 2013-2017.
Outside the station, Aaron enjoys music, traveling, sports, movies, and cooking. His favorite sport is soccer.
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MEDFORD, Ore. Some fire relief is coming to the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association through an effort by Grange Co-Op.
The financial aid is part of the “Grange Gives” campaign as the co-op pledges to match up to $5,000 raised by customers.
All of the stores now offer customers to round-up at the register which will go to help cattlemen devastated by the Bootleg Fire.
“Over 10,000 cattle have been effected and displaced,” Youth and Community Outreach Coordinator, Demetria Marical, said. “The already depleted resources for feed and hay due to the extreme drought in Klamath County has drastically reduced the resources available to producers,” she added.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. Fire crews near Selma are close to putting out the Redwood Highway Fire.
Highway 199 is now fully re-opened and evacuations in place for several hours Saturday night have been lifted.
The Oregon Department of Forestry said the fire is now 100% lined and 45% contained.
The fire has been burning south along Highway 199 near milepost 23, although ODF said aircraft were able to stop the forward spread.
Crews had one fire at milepost 17, another at 18 and the main fire at milepost 23 when it started around 6:30 Saturday night.
Crews made great progress overnight and limited the fires to about six acres total.
Over $1-million are available to eligible businesses in the county.
This is a new program with new requirements and a part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.
SOREDI is the lead grant facilitator and is accepting applications through Thursday, August 26th at noon.
Applicants will be notified electronically of award status by September 20.
2021 JoCo Relief Business Grant applications and application instructions may be accessed here.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted and must be complete.
NBC5 News reporter/weather forecaster Aaron Nilsson is a Southern California native, but most recently lived in Seattle. He’s also lived in Sweden and Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Scandinavian Studies. While at BYU, he covered sports for BYUtv.
Volunteers at the park got to work as they prepared to open the gates once again.
The park last operated in late October 2019, 21 months ago.
Four groups of volunteers help keep the park rolling along.
The volunteers at the Railroad Park in Medford spent their Saturday cleaning up the landscaping, getting trains ready, and maybe even most importantly, fix where weather and non-use adjusted the track.
Matthew Knauss is the president of the Southern Oregon Live Steamers group.
He said it took dedication and focus to make sure they didn’t derail during the pandemic.
“By not staying away from the park,” Knauss said. “A handful of us decided that we were going to keep going with the hope that we would get through this pandemic. We just dedicated ourselves to being down here, keep paying the bills,” he added.