Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared a drought for Jefferson County in Central Oregon on Sept. 29. Eight counties in Oregon now have state drought emergency declarations, including Baker, Coos, Douglas, ...

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A better winter snowpack for much of Oregon has improved water supply conditions to the point where Jefferson County’s request for a state drought declaration for the sixth ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)– Governor Tina Kotek announced Monday that she has declared a drought in Jefferson County through Executive Order 25-23 and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize ...

The director of Jefferson County Public Health said something that made members of the Jefferson County School Board pause in stunned silence at their meeting this week: The district’s schools ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — All evacuations levels have dropped to below Level 3 "GO NOW" for the Elk Lane Fire near Madras in Jefferson County on Sunday morning, fire officials said. As of August 11, the fire ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KPTV) - The Flat Fire burning in the Jefferson and Deschutes counties was reported to be “fairly well under control” by the battalion chief on Monday night. The wildfire, which is ...

(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — As voters demanded, Jefferson County Commissioners explored the possibility of the county leaving Oregon and joining Idaho, along with much of Oregon counties east of the Cascades ...

A fire that started Monday morning on Crooked River National Grassland in southern Jefferson County was burning an estimated 3,442 acres as of Wednesday morning. The Alder Springs Fire has been ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Oregon — Gov. Tina Kotek has, for the second time this summer, invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act, this time for the Alder Springs Fire in Jefferson County. Kotek invoked the ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Jefferson County, an area which ...