Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for ...
The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed for a reckoning. We don’t know that for sure, so don’t get your hopes up if that is what you have ...
On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...
Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.
Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.
The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...
Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every tax lot in Oregon — but the map has caught plenty of heat from ...
An SUV caught on fire in the pileup. Injuries have been reported. At 11:37 a.m., the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) issued an alert warning drivers that westbound I-84 is closed three ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Months after Oregon’s historic wildfire season burned nearly two million acres of land, destroyed dozens of homes, and injured civilians and fire responders ...
The Glide Rural Fire District is seeking more volunteers to add to their roster that could potentially lower response times ...
OREGON CITY Ore. (KPTV) - A mother and her two daughters were forced from their home following an early morning fire on Sunday, according to Clackamas Fire. Crews responded to the scene on ...