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

Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...

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Oregon Department of Forestry investigators have determined that the 2020 Santiam Canyon fire was not caused by downed power lines as plaintiffs’ attorneys have alleged but rather by hot embers ...

Oregon likely will face an above-average risk of wildfires by July and August, with fire risks peaking in September and October, said Doug Grafe, the governor’s wildfire programs adviser, at a ...

ODF crews returned after helping contain a 7,600-acre three-fire complex during North Carolina’s spring fire season.

The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that would limit utilities' wildfire liabilities. FILE - Damage from the Santiam ...

Four and a half years after the 193,000-acre Santiam-Beachie Fires tore through Gates, Mill City and Lyons, the Oregon Department of Forestry released its investigation, via a pubic records ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has sent 26 firefighters and two agency representatives to North Carolina to assist in combating multiple wildfires. The deployment ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is sending 11 more firefighters to help battle the fires. This brings the total of local resources deployed to 37 after 26 firefighters arrived there last weekend.

The availability of much of those funds remains uncertain. Earlier this month, the Oregon Department of Forestry, city agencies and nonprofits told Inside Climate News that at least $40 million ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry released the findings nearly five years after the wildfires swept through the forest canyon east of Salem starting on Labor Day 2020. The state report comes as ...