Oregon health officials on June 18 recommended people avoid swimming and high-speed water activities at Lake Billy Chinook in central Oregon because of cyanotoxins. A recreational health advisory was ...

A preemptive health advisory has been issued for Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus due to the suspected presence of a harmful cyanobacteria algal bloom. The Oregon Health Authority issued the ...

BEND — Bend’s Ryan Mejaski and Joe Wilhite were fishing for kokanee on the Deschutes arm of Lake Billy Chinook on April 8 without much luck when they decided to move spots. After casting into a group ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority issued a preemptive recreational use health advisory Thursday for Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus in Jefferson County due to the presence and ...

As Mark Tobin was concluding the program about bull trout fishing on Lake Billy Chinook, Rick Arnold had to correct the television show host several times. ”He kept saying 'Oregon' at the end,” Arnold ...

The Oregon Health Authority lifted the recreational use health advisory for cyanotoxins at Lake Billy Chinook in Jefferson County that was issued on June 18. Water monitoring confirmed the level of ...

A fire broke out in Jefferson County on Thursday afternoon , prompting Level 3 – GO NOW evacuations for some areas south of Lake Billy Chinook. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported the fire ...

Oregon Dept. of Forestry Three miles of fire hose were laid to put down the Juniper Creek fire, and now are being rolled up: 'We are fortunate to have a regional fire equipment cache close by in ...