A bill that would eliminate a controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday.

The House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment voted Tuesday to forward to the House Revenue Committee a bill that ...

The wildfire hazard map, created by Senate Bill 762 in 2021, was meant to identify areas in Oregon with high wildfire risk.

Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk.

Mini-trials to determine damages continue in the class-action lawsuit against one of Warren Buffett's electric utilities, ...

In 2023, a jury found PacifiCorp was reckless and acted in “gross negligence” in starting multiple wildfires across Oregon during Labor Day Weekend in 2020. The company failed to cut power to ...

Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop ...

The Oregon Legislature is expected to advance two bills this week that could provide electric utilities with a financial ...

and that legislation as proposed is “likely to impose a new burden of proof on a property owner seeking recovery after a utility-ignited wildfire.” In Oregon, PacifiCorp lobbyist Annette Price ...