Apr 2, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Brock Nelson (11) waits for a faceoff during the second period against the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center.

On Wednesday at 6:02 a.m. the National Weather Service reported an avalanche warning for Union and Wallowa counties. “The following message is transmitted at the request of the Wallowa Avalanche ...

Even though they’re spread across more than 3,000 square miles, Wallowa County drivers and animals can’t stop running into each other. Across a 22-mile stretch of Oregon Route 82, there have ...

An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and carrying avalanche air bags ...

Nick Burks, 37, an avalanche specialist for the Wallowa Avalanche Center in Joseph, Ore., was killed in an avalanche on March 6, 2024, backcountry skiing in the Elkhorn Mountains, the authorities ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An avalanche forecaster was killed Wednesday afternoon after an accident on an Eastern Oregon mountain near Anthony Lakes resort, authorities say. Just after 4:30 p.m ...

Nick Burks, 37, was "an integral part of our professional avalanche community for years," the Northwest Avalanche Center said Wallowa Avalanche Center Nick Burks, 37, died in an avalanche he ...