Oregon wildland fire supervisor Dana Turner suffered serious injuries last week when a crew was cutting down a 70-foot noble fir that had been destined to be the state Capitol’s Christmas tree.

Oregon is the Christmas tree capital of the country, producing over 3 million of the festive evergreens every year. And when Christmas tree growers have a concern with their crops of noble or Douglas ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A forestry employee was injured Monday while cutting down a tree destined to become the annual holiday tree for the Oregon State Capitol building this winter. The Oregon ...

Decorating the tree for the Oregon State Capitol rotunda is taking two days because the Noble fir harvested near Falls City was taller than originally thought. Volunteers from the International ...

Watch the Oregon State Capitol Grand Tree Lighting go wrong The Oregon State Capitol’s Grand Tree Lighting faced a brief malfunction as lights failed to turn on at first, but later illuminated on Dec.

Oregon is the leading producer of Christmas trees in the nation, accounting for about a third of all real Christmas trees sold in the U.S. Christmas tree farmers in Oregon grew more than 3 million ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Christmas trees are big business in Oregon. In 2023 alone, the industry contributed $118 million to the state economy. Researchers at Oregon State University are working ...