A U.S. Drought Monitor map showing drought conditions across ... Crook County, located in the heart of Central Oregon, is the only county in the state experiencing “exceptional drought ...

The Butte Creek Fire, which started Sunday afternoon, has burned 1,776 acres in Wheeler County and is 40% contained, with no evacuations or closures in place.

WHEELER COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A wildfire burning in Wheeler County jumped to about 2,000 acres overnight, according to Central Oregon Fire Info. The Butte Creek Fire began just after 2:30 p.m. on ...

The map above pinpoints the counties faring ... Yet it's important to note the north-central Oregon county has the third smallest population in the state. That means a handful of people leaving ...

A massive wildfire had charred more than 2,415 acres in central Oregon as of Wednesday morning ... The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office posted photos and videos of a huge plume of dark smoke ...

He is a county commissioner for Deschutes County. That's in the central part of Oregon, and he works on water issues for the county. Welcome to the program. PHIL CHANG: Thank you, Sarah.

A map shows the footprint of the nearly ... heavy equipment operators work at the Thornburgh resort site in Central Oregon's Deschutes County. Emily Cureton Cook / OPB DeLashmutt has been trying ...