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April Ehrlich/JPR NewsThe pair of bills has been introduced in the Oregon legislature and would give more money to four school districts impacted by the 2020 wildfires. -
Juliet Grable/JPR NewsFrom Fires to Flowers, a program run by the non-profit Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, creates vibrant gardens in the scorched footprint of the 2020 wildfire, helping create a landscape that heals both people and pollinators.
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After last year's wildfires in Southern Oregon, around 1000 people in the city of Talent still don't have access to the internet in their homes and businesses. Now the city is looking to change that by partnering with a nonprofit called No One Left Offline (NOLO). -
A dry summer, after previous drought years, has led to irrigation water in the Rogue Valley being turned off for at least two weeks. -
Last September鈥檚 Almeda Fire burned hundreds of homes in Southern Oregon, many of them low-income housing units. The Federal Emergency Management Agency partnered with local and state organizations to help rebuild. -
A report assessing Jackson County鈥檚 response to last year鈥檚 devastating wildfires calls on government leaders to create a more coordinated emergency plan. -
Last fall鈥檚 Almeda fire burned down thousands of homes and left many unemployed. Several nonprofits have partnered with Jackson County schools to start the Bus Project: a program that invites students to help rebuild school buses into homes. -
Hundreds of families in Talent and other cities in Jackson County are still scrambling to find a place to live six months after the Almeda Fire.They鈥檙e calling on government officials to do more. -
Governor Kate Brown came to the Rogue Valley Monday to get a first-hand look at the devastation caused by the Almeda Fire. After her tour of the damage in Phoenix and Talent, the governor spoke via cell phone with JPR鈥檚 Liam Moriarty about what she saw and what the state government can do to help. -
More evacuation levels lowered in Talent and Phoenix; I-5 Exits 21 and 24 have reopened. -
Roadblocks are keeping cars out of evacuation zones near the Almeda Fire in Jackson County, but cyclists can still get in. So a group of cyclists is delivering resources to people stranded in their homes. -
As the Almeda Fire swept through the Oregon towns of Talent and Phoenix this week, residents evacuated to an emergency shelter at the Jackson County Expo. Soon, many found themselves homeless in their own towns. -
Widespread and rapidly expanding evacuation orders from Ashland through Medford to Eagle Point forced many to seek shelter in a hurry as two major wildfires, driven by strong, hot winds, roared through the valley. -
High levels of E.coli bacteria have been found in the Bear Creek Basin, contaminating tributaries in Ashland, Talent, Medford and Central Point.
