Environment
Central Oregon fire crews dispatched to Los Angeles to assist fire fighting effort
Firefighters and engines from Central Oregon are on their way to Southern California to help local fire crews ...
Local News
Lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits
Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still ...
Local News
Biden issues disaster declaration for Oregon’s wildfires
President Joseph Biden approved a major disaster declaration on Thursday to help five Oregon counties — Gilliam, Grant, ...
Business
With new funding, Oregon pays wildland firefighting vendors
Oregon is paying its bills after a record-setting wildfire season. The Oregon Department of Forestry had processed $88 ...
Local News
Some worry about using traditional approach to fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state ...
Environment
Federal government sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Archie Creek Fire
The federal government is suing PacifiCorp and its subsidiary, Pacific Power, seeking to recover “hundreds of millions of ...
Local News
Oregon Legislature approves $218 million in additional wildfire funding in emergency session
When wildfires popped up in Central Oregon this summer, Ken Jackola, the mayor of Lebanon and vice president ...
Local News
Wildland firefighter pay raises could vanish without action by Congress within days
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end ...
State
Kotek calls legislative special session to fund Oregon wildfire costs
Gov. Tina Kotek said Tuesday that she’ll call lawmakers back to work in December for a special session ...
Bend
Pile burning planned for forest areas west of Bend Thursday
Smoke rising from the Deschutes National Forest has been a common sight in recent days as wildland firefighters ...
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