Randy Severe’s sons Ryan Severe, left, and Jarad Severe look up as they load their father’s casket atop a horse-drawn carriage Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, following his funeral service at the Pendleton Convention Center.
Nate Fuller and Archie Morrow await rescue on the roof of a home in Thorn Hollow. The pair were stranded when they attempted to rescue the elderly couple who was stuck in the house as waters from the Umatilla River began to rise. According to a family member of one of those stranded all four people were rescued by 9:40 p.m. Feb. 6, 2020.
A firefighter cuts a vent into the roof of a house Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, while working to extinguish a structure fire at 809 S.W. Sixth St., Pendleton.
Matt Henry, right, attempts to talk through the window to his wife Amy Pearson at Juniper House in Pendleton on May 8, 2020. Pearson recently moved to the memory care unit at Juniper House because of her Alzheimer's disease and the pair have been unable to visit in person due to visiting restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Dawn and Harley Jeffers, left, embrace as their family and neighbors help sandbag their home on Southwest 2nd Street in Pilot Rock on Wednesday afternoon.
Lightning cracks over the fields north of Pendleton on June 30, 2021 as a summer storm rolls through the region on the heals of a record-breaking heat wave.
Jill-Marie Gavin, center, consoles her mother Shawna Shillal-Gavin at her brother Michael GavinÕs funeral service Aug. 11, 2021 at the Mission Longhouse as his father Greg Gavin plays the guitar. Michael Gavin died Aug. 7, 2021 of COVID-19.
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, thousands of people showed up for the Women’s March in Eugene. The march started at the Federal Courthouse and continued up 8th Avenue through downtown Eugene before culminating at the WOW Hall. Photo by Ben Lonergan, Oregon News Lab
A group of aspiring firefighters attempts to control a practice burn during Eugene-Springfield Fire Department’s annual Fire Camp for Women summer program on July 10, 2014. The program, aimed at introducing women to a career in firefighting, has been steadily growing over the past four years and organizers hope to expand it even further. Photo by Ben Lonergan, J365