Spray News

Lasagna on the dinner menu, yes! But lasagna in the garden? That, too, will be a "yes," I believe, as you learn more about it.

By Tove Tupper A October 13, 2009 A NEAR FOSSIL, Ore. - The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office have identified 37-year-old Daniel Townsend as the pilot killed in a helicopter crash Monday near Fossil in Central Oregon.

KDRV Staff A October 12, 2009 A NEAR SPRAY, Ore. - Wheeler County sheriff's deputies say the cause of a helicopter crash that left the pilot dead is under investigation.

Sheriff Bob Hudspeth says a pilot died when a helicopter crashed while helping to install power lines in Wheeler County.

In an isolated stretch of sagebrush and rimrock 91 miles east of Bend, a 21-year-old cowboy with big dreams climbs into a narrow chute and sits on the back of a squirming bronco, as cowboys have done in this part of central Oregon for decades.

Temperatures over 100 degrees baked crews on the McGinnis Creek Fire yesterday, but firefighters continued to bring the 3,417-acre fire closer to containment.

Purple starthistle is considered an aggressive invasive weed species. Discovery of a nasty weed in Eastern Oregon's Wheeler County has state agriculture officials jumping for the herbicide.

Fire crews are battling to contain two wildfires in central Oregon that have burned onto a mix of forests protected by the Bureau of Land Management, prompting state officials to close the areas to visitors.

Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 1 was dispatched and assumed control of the McGinnis Creek Fire on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

From the fairgrounds RV park in Fossil, we drove two blocks north to Highway 19 and turned left.

Question: Dear Carol, My husband's tomato plant got sick and died. The leaves got weird, then the bottom half of the eight tomato fruits on the plant turned ugly brown and inedible.

Women from Wheeler County film a video in the parking lot of a clinic in Bend after making the three-hour trip from the hamlet of Spray to get mammograms.

Each job brings new challenges. Whether you need to spot-spray ornamentals around a home or fertilize an entire lawn, you'll find the equipment you need in this month's Guide to Spraying Equipment.

In last week's poll, we asked if you save your race mementos. We had 75 people respond to our poll! Only 3% don't save mementos, with the majority of people saving either race bibs or collecting their finishers medals .

Start your summer off right with a race! There are races on Saturday, Sunday and Monday this long weekend, including everything from a free 3000m race to a half marathon in Central Oregon.