Oregon
Wasco County wildfire continues to grow, burning 3,000 acres
In this photo provided by Wheeler County Fire & Rescue, a firefighter looks on as the Butte Creek Fire burns on a hillside near Clarno, Ore.
Wheeler County Fire & Rescue
A wildfire that started in unincorporated Wasco County over the weekend grew to nearly 1,800 acres, fire officials said Monday morning. The fire continued to grow to 3,000 acres as of that evening.
The Butte Creek Fire was first reported just before 3 p.m. on Sunday on the east side of the John Day River, just north of Clarno, Oregon.
The fire is burning on private and U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands. Investigators haven’t said yet what caused the fire. No closures or evacuations were in place as of Tuesday morning.
Officials urged boaters in the general area to use caution, as helicopters could be pulling water out of the John Day River to help fight the fire.
The Butte Creek Fire is the first large wildfire of 2025 in Oregon.
Earlier this month, Gov. Tina Kotek announced that Oregon is expected to have a hot and dry summer, setting up a potentially devastating wildfire season ahead.
Parts of the state benefited from decent snowpack and rainfall this winter, Kotek said. But early precipitation in the season could mean that grasses, brush and other vegetation dry out early and become wildfire fuel.
In this photo provided by Wheeler County Fire & Rescue, the Butte Creek Fire burns on a hillside near Clarno, Ore. The fire was first reported on May 25, 2025.
Wheeler County Fire & Rescue
Oregon’s in store for a bad wildfire season. But state officials aren’t worried about federal staffing
The wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest can last from May through October, but it’s typically at its most intense from July to September. During that time, firefighting resources may be stretched thin as crews fight several big fires at once.
Last year, Oregon saw its most destructive fire season since record keeping began in 1992, with nearly 2 million acres burned.
By late July 2024, the state had become the nation’s top firefighting priority. At one point that August, there were more than 13,000 firefighters battling Oregon blazes.
More than 1,000 wildfires burned across the state that year, including six “megafires” that at their peaks had fire perimeters larger than 100,000 acres each.
Record 2024 Oregon wildfire season keeps NWS meteorologists extremely busy
For news coverage and essential resources to help you stay informed and safe during wildfire events in the Pacific Northwest, visit opb.org/wildfires/.
Oregon
Oregon Lottery Pick 4 results for Dec. 28
The Oregon Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 28, 2025, results for each game:
Winning Pick 4 numbers from Dec. 28 drawing
1PM: 0-2-6-1
4PM: 0-2-4-1
7PM: 4-3-9-2
10PM: 6-3-9-2
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
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When are the Oregon Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 7:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 7:59 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 4: 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
- Win for Life: 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Megabucks: 7:29 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
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Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Some airport terminals may also sell lottery tickets.
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Oregon
Why Tosh Lupoi sees a silver lining in Oregon’s poor defensive performance against James Madison
EUGENE — It’s easier to get a message across about effort, tenacity and finishing when the most recent result is an affront to those attributes.
Oregon’s defensive effort in its win over No. 12 seed James Madison, particularly in the second half, was “unacceptable” to defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi. He’s found the silver lining in the third straight postseason performance allowing 34-plus points and 500-plus yards though, calling it “the best thing that could ever happen” as the No. 5 Ducks prepare to face No. 4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl.
“I think it’s another reminder of this is the best of the best, these teams. If you go to sleep for one down, one quarter, one half, they’re going to make you pay,” Lupoi said. “It makes it easier when the players see (themselves) not performing to the standard in that second half.”
JMU scored 28 points and averaged 8.4 yards per play in the second half. Though Oregon backups and third-teamers were in for some plays, starters were back in for the final 99-yard touchdown drive.
Five of JMU’s seven passes of 20-plus yards and a 49-yard run also came during the second half. Oregon allowed just 20 passes of 20 or more yards in its first 12 games.
“There’s things that we can definitely attack that we can do better,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. “The biggest piece is getting off the field. We had some sustained drives in that game and we gave up more explosive plays in that game than we have in the past.”
Those are particularly critical areas against Texas Tech (12-1). The Red Raiders have one of the most explosive offenses in the country, trailing only the Ducks in passes of 20-plus yards, and rank 11th nationally on third down.
Linebacker Bryce Boettcher felt the defense responded well at practice in the week since the first round win.
“Practice has been physical with a lot of energy before Christmas and now we’re getting back to it right after Christmas,” Boettcher said. “I’ve been impressed with the way everyone’s responded.”
No. 4 Texas Tech (12-1) vs. No. 5 Oregon (12-1)
- When: Thursday, January 1
- Time: 9 a.m. PT
- Where: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla.
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: You can watch this game on DIRECTV (free trial) or with Sling (a Sling day pass to watch this game and more is just $4.99). Streaming broadcasts for this game will be available on these streaming services locally in Oregon and Washington, but may not be available outside of the Pacific Northwest, depending on your location.
Oregon
Oregon Nurses Association rejects contract offer, extends strike against Legacy Health
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Advanced practice providers (APPs) represented by the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) are staying out on the picket line after members overwhelmingly rejected the tentative contract agreement reached with Legacy Health reached Dec. 23.
According to a representative with the ONA, APPs voted to continue the strike, claiming Legacy has failed to make significant movement at the bargaining table, has shown disrespect to APPs, and has operated on a management of hypocrisy.
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ONA issued a press release, writing, “Since issuing a strike notice, advanced practice providers (APPs) repeatedly offered to meet at any time and in any location to move negotiations forward. Legacy Health instead chose to delay bargaining and engage in bad-faith tactics.”
“[Legacy]They have never taken our time very seriously. They have routinely been late to bargaining, they’ve no-showed to bargaining, they’ve changed bargaining from in-person to virtual at the last minute when all of us showed up on our free time to do this, they have said incredible disrespectful things to us during bargaining,” said Leigh Warsing, a physician associate at Legacy Emanuel and member of the bargaining team. “The fact that they haven’t moved at all on their contract, their proposal to us really devalues us and dismisses what we’re worth.”
APPs also believed the proposed deal would still leave Legacy APPs far behind their peers at other health systems.
“The proposed agreement would have left Legacy APPs 10% behind their counterparts at OHSU, and behind what Kaiser APPs have been offered—perpetuating a widening wage and standards gap that threatens the long-term stability of Legacy’s workforce,” ONA said.
The statement continued, “This disparity would inevitably drive experienced APPs out of the system, worsening patient care, increasing burnout among remaining staff, and inflating costs as Legacy is forced into a constant recruitment and retention cycle of its own making. When frontline providers are undervalued, patient care inevitably suffers.”
Warsing echoed that sentiment.
“There’s a lot of experience in some of these departments, and the fear is that we will lose those providers,” Warsing said. “If the hospital is not willing to competitively keep providers, then they’re going to leave, and we don’t want them to leave. We want our teams to stay together, and we know that we provide amazing patient care as an excellent team, and that’s going to be torn apart of we’re not treated fairly, respectfully, and paid competitively.”
The proposed deal included pay raises, new pay scales, and protections for discipline and termination, as well as the creation of a labor-management committee.
However, the tentative agreement came just days after Legacy executives issued a notice to striking APPs that they could be stripped of health insurance starting January 1.
April Callister, a physician associate at Legacy Emanuel and Legacy Good Samaritan, as well as a member of the bargaining team, said this move could be devastating.
“It would be huge a hit to a lot of striking APPs,” Callister said. “These are people with families, with children, with chronic health conditions who need medications every month. These are people with doctors’ visits. I mean, APPs not only care for people, they’re also people that require care, so it would be really devastating if Legacy were to follow through on that.”
According to Callister, it was important for a tentative agreement to be brought forward to union members due to the uncertainty as the strike continues.
“We’ve been on the strike line for 25 days now,” she said. “People have sacrificed so much to be out here during the holidays away from their family without a paycheck, and now Legacy is threatening to take away the insurance of these providers, and we felt it was really important to give members opportunity to say whether or not this sacrifice was worth it for them, and if they were willing and able to continue fighting for what we’re worth.”
APPs have been on strike since Dec. 2 to reach a contract that they say pays them fairly.
Since the strike began, Callister tells KATU since the strike began, a lot of the physicians have been picking up the pieces.
“Unfortunately, Legacy seems to have put a lot of burden on our physician colleagues, which is incredible sad to see,” Callister said. “We work in a very collaborative environment with all of our team members.”
“Advanced practice providers—including nurse practitioners, physician associates, and clinical nurse specialists—are highly trained clinicians who save lives, perform surgeries, and care for families every day,” ONA said. “They deliver essential, lifesaving care across a wide range of settings and are critical to the health and safety of communities throughout Oregon.”
Warsing said if they can’t come to an agreement, the impact on patients will be losing quality health care providers.
“Patients deserve quality providers, and if all of your quality providers are only in one institution, then it makes it kind of hard for the patients because we can’t just send all of the patients to the one quality institution in the city,” Warsing said.
ONA representatives told KATU they will return to the bargaining table immediately.
“We’re available to bargain,” Warsing said. “The members have resoundingly voted it [the tentative agreement] down, and we’ve informed Legacy lead
KATU News has reached out to Legacy Health, awaiting comment.
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