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

Crews on the ground and from the air, including smokejumpers, were tackling a new fire that broke out Monday morning in southern Jefferson County, and by midday, a Level 1 BE READY pre-evacuation noti ...

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 ...

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.

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. — The section of water just downstream of where the Deschutes River flows into Lake Billy Chinook is a special place to me. Not just because of the natural beauty ...

LAKE BILLY CHINOOK, Ore. — The section of water just downstream of where the Deschutes River flows into Lake Billy Chinook is a special place to me. Not just because of the natural beauty ...

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 ...

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 ...