The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

While lawmakers deliberate potential changes to the state's wildfire hazard map policy, some Oregonians say it needs to be ...

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.

according to Washington State Patrol. A man is dead and five other people lost their home in a two-alarm fire on Thursday morning in Kelso, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue. The search for ...

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 ...

Deschutes County commissioners returned to the heated controversy over the state’s revised wildfire hazard map Monday ...

The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...

The point of the Wildfire Risk Map, first published in 2022, was to inform lawmakers and agencies like the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office about where to ...

A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University breaks the state up into areas with low, moderate and high risk of wildfire. Oregon Republicans said the ...

“The wildfire hazard map is informed by decades of research on the nature of wildfire, where it begins, why it exists, and what the challenges are,” Oregon State University College of Forestry ...