/tags/lake-county Lake County en-US Copyright Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:53:10 GMT /politics-government/2022-07-13/the-building-of-oregons-first-new-landfill-in-30-years-is-shrouded-in-secrecy As Oregon is facing a wave of landfill closures in coming decades, a group of mysterious investors hopes to cash in on Lake County officials' willingness to become a destination for all that trash. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:53:10 GMT /politics-government/2022-07-13/the-building-of-oregons-first-new-landfill-in-30-years-is-shrouded-in-secrecy Joni Auden Land /health-and-medicine/2022-06-14/covid-spike-in-southwest-oregon-prompts-indoor-mask-recommendations COVID numbers are rising again and a spike in southwest Oregon is prompting mask recommendations in indoor public spaces. Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:22:37 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-06-14/covid-spike-in-southwest-oregon-prompts-indoor-mask-recommendations Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-03-28/race-to-the-bottom-draining-summer-lake Oregon has protected land at Summer Lake Wildlife Area in Lake County since 1944. Water is another story. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:12:16 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-03-28/race-to-the-bottom-draining-summer-lake Emily Cureton /health-and-medicine/2021-08-06/covid-cases-surge-in-lane-county-as-many-refuse-contact-tracing Lane County is experiencing another COVID-19 surge. Health officials are concerned not only about the rise in cases but also the growing number of people refusing to comply with contact tracing efforts. Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:16:00 GMT /health-and-medicine/2021-08-06/covid-cases-surge-in-lane-county-as-many-refuse-contact-tracing Tiffany Eckert /wildfire/2021-07-28/the-state-is-here-to-help-gov-brown-tours-the-bootleg-fire-zone Brown visited the fire camp and command headquarters on Wednesday afternoon to see the extent of the massive fire and to promise more support for firefighting and wildfire mitigation efforts. Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:08:16 GMT /wildfire/2021-07-28/the-state-is-here-to-help-gov-brown-tours-the-bootleg-fire-zone Holly Dillemuth /wildfire/2021-07-27/rain-eases-the-bootleg-fire-for-now Rainfall in Southern Oregon has helped slow the growth of the massive Bootleg Fire in the Klamath Basin. Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:44:00 GMT /wildfire/2021-07-27/rain-eases-the-bootleg-fire-for-now April Ehrlich /wildfire/2021-07-13/the-bootleg-fire-is-forcing-more-people-from-their-homes As the Bootleg Fire in south central Oregon has grown exponentially in recent days, the number of evacuees has grown with it. Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:36:47 GMT /wildfire/2021-07-13/the-bootleg-fire-is-forcing-more-people-from-their-homes Holly Dillemuth /show/as-it-was/2016-03-02/irish-fleeing-famine-settle-in-lake-county-ore Irish settlers came to Lake County, Ore., in the second half of the 1800’s, many fleeing the great potato famine that over 50 years drained Ireland of… Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2016-03-02/irish-fleeing-famine-settle-in-lake-county-ore Luana (Loffer) Corbin