The map came with new requirements for risky properties. Scrapping it would end a “prolonged and ultimately pointless argument with rural residents,’” a key Democrat said. Oregon’s ...

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday in an effort to repeal the state’s controversial Wildfire Hazard Map. The Wildfire Hazard Map was created in 2021 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would repeal Oregon's controversial wildfire hazard map. The vote passed unanimously on Tuesday. The wildfire hazard map was meant to ...

Oregon senators voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal a highly controversial wildfire hazard map. Republican lawmakers have repeatedly criticized the map, which they say has punished rural property ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

Vital waterways like Parrott Creek and many others are marked out in a newly updated map from the Oregon Department of State Lands. "We're going to go down down into an area where Parrott Creek ...

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 ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities of this state survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is detailed evacuation maps that anyone can access. For years ...

For one Tualatin man, the answer is 5,000 miles. Filipino fast food restaurant Jollibee will officially open their first Oregon location this Friday in Hillsboro. Former wrestling star and ...

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 ...