Crews, including smokejumpers and rappellers, tackled a new fire that broke out Monday morning and grew fast to 450 acres on ...

Firefighters and other resources from across the state were on scene or heading to Jefferson County on Tuesday to help ...

The Alder Springs Fire grew to 2,500 acres by the morning of June 17 and brought evacuation orders in areas northwest of ...

There is a new wildfire burning in central Oregon Monday. The Alder Springs Fire is estimated at 1,500 acres. The area ...

The first large fire of the year in the tri-county area burned through around 800 acres of dry scrubland and juniper in ...

Fishing Lake Billy Chinook in the dead of winter is a lot like fishing Lake Billy Chinook in the spring — only about 30 degrees cooler. Most anglers this time of year at Lake Billy Chinook are ...

LAKE BILLY CHINOOK, Ore. (AP) — After a month of looking at weather forecasts, postponing, rescheduling and stalling, we finally made a plan to fish the reservoir in mid-January.

Ryan Mejaski from Bend, Oregon, caught a bull trout April 8 in Lake Billy Chinook. He released the massive fish before seeing if it broke a state record, officials said. Photo by Joe Wilhite ...

The area on Lake Billy Chinook where a proposed pumping station would be located. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ore. — Farmers in Jefferson County have long eyed Lake Billy Chinook as a possible source of ...

On April 8, Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook without much luck when they decided to move spots. After casting into a group of small ...

The presence of the organism is a result of excessive nutrient enrichment into the lower Deschutes from Lake Billy Chinook, she said. Seals said disease is always an issue for spring chinook ...