Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get votes for proposal to use kicker tax to fund ...

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 ...

The Butte Creek Fire in Oregon grew to 1,776 acres, not 3,000, threatening structures and prompting a robust firefighting ...

Oregon's wildfire season got off to a relatively slow start with just a few fires burning statewide as of early July, but conditions rapidly worsened during the middle of the month. A series of ...

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 ...

Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly called “granny flats,” from a statewide wildfire map that’s likely to be discontinued.