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Snow Report: Robust Spring Snowstorm Mid-week
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (300+ words) With the snow starved season coming to an end at Bachelor this weekend, at least we will get one more swan song of snow before the lifts stop spinning. Wednesday through Thursday we will see about a foot of new…...
Snow Report: Spring Skies and Firm Rides
3+ week, 2+ day ago (122+ words) The'National Weather Service'reports that Central Oregon is currently under a mild spring pattern, with daytime temperatures reaching the upper 50s and lower 60s. While this makes for pleasant outdoor activities, the region continues to face a significant "snow drought," with statewide snowpack…...
Snow Report: From Goggles to Sunglasses
4+ week, 2+ day ago (204+ words) For the cities and lower elevations of Central Oregon, snow is off the table as we warm up, but our mountain resorts and passes are in the middle of a major transition." We're seeing a classic "freeze-thaw" cycle right now'expect…...
Snow Report: Keep it coming
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) Snow showers have been present off and on this week as we finally got to build up the base numbers. Friday should be a Bluebird Day with plenty of sunshine and crisp conditions. More snow is possible early Saturday morning…...
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs honored for bighorn sheep restoration efforts
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (298+ words) WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs were honored for their decades-long bighorn sheep restoration efforts during the Wild Sheep Foundation's annual show last month. The Tribes received the Wild Sheep Foundation's Federal Statesman Award, which recognizes…...
Recovery operations suspended for missing Bend climber on Mt. Hood
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (266+ words) MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Hood River County Sheriff's Office has suspended recovery operations for a 26-year-old climber from Bend who went missing while attempting to summit Mt. Hood over the weekend. The missing climber, identified as'Matthew Aldridge, was last…...
Delisting debate: Trump administration pushes to remove gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protections
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (1148+ words) Move brought outrage from conservation groups, while drawing praise from ranchers and Republicans VALLEY FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ)" The Trump administration is moving to permanently delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, a decision spotlighting the struggles of a…...
We stand on the brink of system failure: Feds up pressure for states to reach deal on the future of the Colorado River
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (899+ words) The clock is ticking for seven states to figure out how they'll share dwindling water in the Colorado River for the foreseeable future. The Salt Lake Tribune shares an update on the impending deal on what will happen with the…...
Trump is handing out public land and millions of dollars to revive big coal, sending advocates reeling
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (444+ words) (CNN) " While the Trump administration wages war against clean energy, it is now vowing to lease millions of acres of public lands at a discount and spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up the most polluting source of…...