Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and Canada are covering the region with high-density smoke and driving air quality to unhealthy and even hazardous levels across the region. At least four large ...

Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting $1 billion of ...

Air quality in western Oregon is forecast to improve ... is set up at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene," the NWSG wrote. US wildfire, smoke map: Track latest wildfires, red flag warnings ...

At least 17 large wildfires and numerous small blazes are burning across Oregon, bringing evacuation orders in every part of the state, following more than 1,000 lightning strikes earlier in the week.

The evacuations that had warned residents in the area of Green Hill Road south of the Eugene ... An evacuation map can be found at bit.ly/4bPdmae. Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone ...

SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Senate has voted to repeal the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map. By passing Senate Bill 88, lawmakers have teed up a repeal the map, which was introduced in ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon has finalized its statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface, with the final versions now accessible on the Oregon Explorer website.

The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home hardening and buffer zones. Oregon finalized a new system for managing ...

The wildfire hazard map, created by Senate Bill 762 in 2021, was meant to identify areas in Oregon with high wildfire risk. The map requires stricter building codes and defensible space ...

Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps ...