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

A public town hall was held Saturday at White Mountain Middle School in White City about Oregon’s wildfire hazard map.

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 ...

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 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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – A town hall to discuss Oregon’s controversial Wildfire Hazard Maps is being organized by Rogue Valley legislators and a Jackson County commissioner. The public town hall is set ...

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