Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map released Tuesday by state fire officials.

The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.

The Problem Solvers were the first to bring you homeowners' concerns about the state's wildfire hazard map last June. La Pine ...

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 ...

Since 2020, blazes even burned up homes ... won't begin until after the appeals period for the wildfire hazard maps is complete. The Oregon Department of Forestry will notify landowners of ...

A man is dead and five other people lost their home in a two-alarm fire on Thursday morning in ... A car believed to be associated with an Oregon family missing since 1958 may have been found ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

The map ranks each property in Oregon as either low, medium or high hazard. Its purpose is to educate landowners about their wildfire hazard, assist with prioritizing firefighting resources and ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every tax lot in Oregon — but the map has caught plenty of heat from ...

Under Oregon law, the map cannot impact insurance rates ... He also said that swift action is needed after the 2020 wildfires. "People are understandably upset, don't know what to do, and really ...