The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...

The state wildfire hazard map is ... whose 2021 bill called for the map said he thinks it needs to go. State Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, told the Oregon Senate on Thursday he wants the map ...

This month, as constituents tried to convince me that the state wildfire hazard map caused increases in their ... As we witnessed during Oregon’s Labor Day 2020 wildfires and recent southern ...

On Monday, Portland State University was among 60 universities ... proposal on Wednesday aimed at addressing challenges within Oregon’s education system. Months after two women were brutally ...

Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention ... more urbanized areas of the Willamette Valley from Portland to Eugene and parts of the Oregon Coast.