SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building codes and ...

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 ...

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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With the current legislative session in Salem coming to a close, lawmakers from Central Oregon are seeing many of the bills they wrote or sponsored, nearing the finish line. The ...

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 ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — Authorities announced significant changes to evacuation zones as efforts to contain the Cram fire continue. Many areas have seen their evacuation levels downgraded or ...

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.

Seven large wildfires continue to burn throughout Oregon as fire season kicks into high gear. In total, more than 60,000 acres have burned in the state, according to the Northwest Interagency ...

The Burdoin Fire has destroyed at least 45 structures on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge and hundreds of residents remain on a level 3 "go now" evacuation order near Lyle, Wash., for a ...