Grants provide summer academic, enrichment programs for KCSD students
![A student in Mazama’s manufacturing summer program preps the concession stand near the softball fields for new paint](https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2138/2024/07/04145610/photo-3-1024x793.webp)
Mazama High School student Danny Barajas spent Tuesday and Wednesday prepping and painting the school’s softball dugouts. Last week, he and his classmates in the school’s summer enrichment manufacturing course learned how to assemble tables and cabinets,
Excessive heat watch in effect
![The Klamath County Public Health logo](https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2138/2024/04/22143406/images-1.png)
There is an excessive heat watch in effect from Thursday (July 4) morning through Saturday (July 6) evening. What There will be extremely hot conditions over a few days with high temperatures between 100 and 110 degrees
Significant wildfire conditions forecasted for July 4th weekend
![A heat map of the Pacific Northwest for the 4th of July weekend](https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2138/2024/07/04001513/screenshot-2024-07-04-at-12-02-37-am-913x1024.png)
PORTLAND, Ore., July 3, 2024 — Temperatures spiking into the 100s? Check. Rapidly drying grasslands and forests? Check. Possible humidity of less than 20 percent? Check. Ticking all these boxes means fire managers across the Pacific Northwest
Enhanced patrols July 4-6 looking for impaired boaters
![A Columbia County Sheriff marine patrol boat](https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2138/2024/07/04000938/marinepatrol2.webp)
The Marine Board, Sheriff’s Offices across the state and the Oregon State Police will be participating in Operation Dry Water, July 4-6, as part of a nationally coordinated effort to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities