Klamath County

Some Klamath County library programming has ended following complaints about a social justice book club that featured the book, “No More Police: A Case for Abolition.”

Klamath County Commissioners have canceled a library-sponsored book group over what some are calling censorship. That decision could have ramifications across the library district’s programming.

The permits, also called Emergency Use permits, allow users like farmers and ranchers who don’t have groundwater rights to access that water during an emergency drought declaration when above-ground sources, like rivers and lakes, are too low.

Klamath County’s behavioral health program is expanding with a grant from the Oregon Health Authority. The expansion will include a new 24/7 crisis care center.

The Klamath County Office of Developmental Disability Services will get another investigator to look into reports of abuse against intellectually or developmentally disabled residents.

The Oregon State Fire Marshal is pre-positioning fire crews in Deschutes and Klamath counties this week, due to the threat of lightning-caused wildfires across central and southern Oregon.

The court determined that managing state forestland for the "greatest permanent value" doesn't mean maximizing timber revenue.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown has issued the first drought declaration of the year for Klamath County. Brown says this first declaration comes nearly a month earlier than last year.

Efforts to clamp down on illegal marijuana cultivation in Southern Oregon could get attention from the federal government with the help of Congressmember Cliff Bentz.

With school starting next week in the Klamath Basin, more than 170 people gathered under smoky skies Wednesday evening in the parking lot of Henley High School to air grievances about the mask and vaccine mandates issued by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls is coming to grips with the same surge in serious COVID-19 infections that has been pushing other hospitals in the region to their limit.

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.