The Emigrant Fire continues to burn in southern Lane County, Oregon, posing challenges for firefighters and disruption for ...

Bootleg Fire Incident Command / AP Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter ...

Until recently this year, Central Oregon had experienced a relatively mild wildfire season. That changed on Aug. 21 when the Flat Fire, of still-unknown causes, originated on private land in Jefferson ...

A closure that includes two trails and one trailhead has been issued for the McKenzie Pass Highway 242 area due to the 249 ...

Thunderstorms raked Oregon with lightning the evening of Sept. 3 and ignited numerous new wildfires across the state.

Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.

Oregon lawmakers last week voted to repeal the state’s wildfire hazard maps — along with their unpopular property requirements — with only a single dissenting vote: the Legislature’s lone professional ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — Authorities announced significant changes to evacuation zones as efforts to contain the Cram fire continue. Many areas have seen their evacuation levels downgraded or ...

Nearly 850 fire personnel have been moved onto the Burdoin Fire, which has burned nearly 11,000 acres, is threatening hundreds of homes and remains the top wildfire priority in the Pacific Northwest.

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