The commission was created in 1975 so Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes could advise state officials and agencies on ...

hitting north Burns and the Burns Paiute Tribe especially hard, Burns City Manager Judy Erwin told The Oregonian/OregonLive. The disaster has been compounded by a “complete collapse” of the ...

Columnist Randy Stapilus examines the siutation in Burns, where a network of private levees failed to protect the community ...

The deluge hit north Burns and the Burns Paiute Tribe especially hard, city officials said, and Burns’s sewer system “completely collapsed,” leaking sewage into the rising waters.

Gov. Tina Kotek watches heavy equipment roll by as it shores up the levee in Burns, Ore., on April 10, 2025. After severe flooding in Harney County exposed long-neglected levee issues, Kotek ...

An aerial image taken on Sunday, March 30, 2025, documents flooding impacts to the Burns Paiute Reservation. (Photo courtesy of the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department and Trey Wall.) ...