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. This story was originally published by ...
Thunderstorms raked Oregon with lightning strikes the evening of Sept. 3 and ignited numerous new wildfires across the state, according to state and federal officials. Firefighters and hot shot crews ...
Oregon wildfires damaged the sales value of nearby farmland and larger blazes tended to cause more severe negative impacts, according to a new study. After a wildfire, ag acreage located within 2 ...
A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon was starting to stabilize on Monday, authorities said, while a blaze in Northern California wine country has so far spared some of the state’s ...
Thousands of homes were under evacuation orders and warnings on Sunday from wildfires in Northern California wine country and central Oregon as crews battled the flames in dry, hot weather. The ...
After Oregon’s multi-year effort failed to implement codes for wildfire buffers and resistant building materials, Deschutes County is rebooting a similar effort of its own — but it’s not yet clear how ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Forests in the Pacific Northwest may be losing value due to wildfire risk and volatile timber pricing, according to a new analysis. Researchers at Oregon State University ...
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