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 ...

On March 31, the Oregon State Senate passed Senate Bill 1098 ... including from Douglas County. Andrew Griffin is a reporter for The News-Review. He can be reached at [email protected].

Taylor said he could only speculate as to why there’s been such a dramatic increase in Skamania County search and rescue missions this year, but one theory is that many trails on the Oregon side ...

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 ...

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high-risk landowners may be swapped for incentives meant to promote home hardening and defensible space. The Senate Natural ...

Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk. US seeks release of ex-FBI informant who ...