CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – A lightning-sparked fire that prompted campground evacuations and pre-evacuation alerts in the Three Rivers subdivision near Lake Billy Chinook has grown to 280 acres and ...

by KATU.com Staff Fri, June 30th 2017 at 1:43 PM Updated Fri, June 30th 2017 at 6:39 PM Blue-green algae detected at Lake Billy Chinook (Photo from the Oregon Health Authority) ...

Although a health advisory was issued Thursday for Lake Billy Chinook in Jefferson County, the campgrounds and marina there are operating as usual, according to a news release from Oregon State Parks.

Small but growing wildfires in central Oregon led to evacuation notices for people in the Perry South Campground on the Sisters Ranger District, US Forest officials tweeted Sunday night.

A June health advisory regarding harmful bacteria on a portion of Lake Billy Chinook has been expanded to include the entire lake. On Wednesday, the Oregon Healthy Authority updated its June 22 ...