May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Oregon experiences its heaviest wildfire activity during the summer months, but fires can ...

Oregon officials are urging immediate action as wildfire season approaches with rising temperatures and dry conditions.

By July, expected above-average temperatures across the western U.S. could counteract Oregon's decent snowpack and lack of ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved a step closer to reality after it passed the ...

Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly called “granny flats, ...

Senate Bill 83 would repeal a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents who say it places an unfair ...

By passing Senate Bill 88, lawmakers were able to repeal the map that was introduced in 2021. It now moves to the House, and ...

Oregon lawmakers seemed driven to pass wildfire funding legislation. But a lot has changed in the first few months of the ...

That’s the argument being used by Oregon’s bill sponsors, too. But trial lawyers across the West, who represent victims of utility-caused wildfires, say the bills are meant to shift the costs ...

PacifiCorp is appealing a 2023 class action lawsuit verdict that found the utility company liable for damages caused by four wildfires in Oregon. The company argues that the class action lawsuit ...

Bills in Oregon would provide electric utilities with a financial safety net and some level of protection from bankruptcy-inducing lawsuits if their equipment starts a catastrophic fire.