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Jesse SanchezJPR’s Vanessa Finney recently spoke with three artists creating a song cycle about survivors of the 2020 Almeda Fire. Composer Jesse Sanchez, director Dalia Ashurina and lyricist Sami Horneff describe their collaboration on “Letters from Almeda." -
Jane Vaughan/JPRFamilies were flung across the Rogue Valley, and the country, after the 2020 Almeda Fire. That continues to have a huge impact on school enrollment.
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After the Almeda Fire displaced hundreds of families, Talent’s Gateway Project created a temporary RV village that helped Phoenix-Talent students return to school and community life. -
The Almeda Fire was a wake-up call for many in the Rogue Valley, where evacuations and coordination between emergency departments were somewhat chaotic. Since then, first responders and residents have worked to apply what they learned. -
The mobile home park burned down in 2020, but it took years to be rebuilt, leaving many residents stuck in limbo. -
Emergency leaders frequently stress that, when disaster strikes, people should be prepared to rely on themselves, but the 2020 Labor Day fires prompted state leaders to change how they handle emergency response. -
The Almeda Fire turned the Bear Creek Greenway between Ashland and Phoenix into a barren, ashy landscape. Recovery has involved many partners and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
The pair of bills has been introduced in the Oregon legislature and would give more money to four school districts impacted by the 2020 wildfires. -
From 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. -
Oregon has sued the companies that allegedly botched construction of homes for Jackson County wildfire survivors. -
Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state's housing agency, will auction off 140 defective modular homes in a series of two-week-long auctions. -
Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix was destroyed in the 2020 Almeda Fire. -
A housing affordability council with the state of Oregon approved an additional $12 million dollars on Friday to purchase new homes for a mobile home park that burned down in the 2020 Almeda Fire. The money will replace homes the state bought that were found to be defective.
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This past weekend, community members celebrated the official groundbreaking of the first cooperatively owned mobile home park formed in the Rogue Valley. This fall, families will be returning after the 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed most of the park.
