Oregon lawmakers last week voted to repeal the state’s wildfire hazard maps — along with their unpopular property requirements — with only a single dissenting vote: the Legislature’s lone professional ...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season on record in 2020, state lawmakers ...
Nearly 850 fire personnel have been moved onto the Burdoin Fire, which has burned nearly 11,000 acres, is threatening hundreds of homes and remains the top wildfire priority in the Pacific Northwest.
SISTERS, Ore. (KPTV) - The Flat Fire burning in the Jefferson and Deschutes counties was reported to be “fairly well under control” by the battalion chief on Monday night. The wildfire, which is ...
A rapidly growing fire broke out on July 27 east of Rome in southeast Oregon, growing to at least 10,000 acres in just 1.5 hours. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for July 28 in ...
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...