And in December, the U.S. Department of Justice added to PacifiCorp’s legal woes. The feds filed a $900 million civil lawsuit, claiming the utility’s negligence caused a different 2020 fire in ...

Cynthia Reed, park specialist at Detroit Lake, said the recreation area started renting out three mini cabins in October 2023 ...

Over the weekend, a leader of the work group, state Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland), unveiled a possible funding source: a ...

Although the state faces the threat of catastrophic wildfire every year, it lacks reliable funding to pay for response and protection, Sen. Jeff Golden writes. The kicker offers an opportunity to ...

State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for ...

CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.

Multnomah County firefighters returning home from California are set to share their experiences battling the deadly wildfires ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oregon firefighters who journeyed to Los Angeles to assist with the response to the devastating ...

A Jan. 11 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims California prevented some out-of-state fire engines from coming into the state to help fight its deadly wildfires. “Oregon sent 60 fire ...

Oregon has sent hundreds of firefighters, 75 fire engines and other equipment to help battle the blazes in Southern ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is welcoming back 70 firefighters on six strike teams who have been assigned to the fires ...

The threat of earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires is turning Oregon into a state peppered with emergency caches.