A fire in Central Oregon is threatening homes in Deschutes and Jefferson County. The Flat Fire sparked Thursday west of ...

The fire is burning southwest of the Lake Billy Chinook Recreation Area and stands at 3,000 acres. Donald Trump to make ...

A new wildfire ignited in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, and smoke from the flames is causing unhealthy air quality.

Firefighters were rushing Thursday evening to contain a wildfire burning in Jefferson County, seven miles west of Culver, as ...

New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.

ODF and U.S. Forest Service firefighters arrived at the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest to a report of fire on Willow Lake Road, north of Willow Lake. Firefighters estimated it to be a ...

An emergency closure has been issued for the length of the popular Fall Creek area east of Eugene in response to the ...

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

Oregon abandons wildfire risk maps By Adam Aton | 06/30/2025 06:07 AM EDT The state tried to link building codes to hazardous areas, provoking a yearslong backlash from rural communities.

The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday repealing the state’s controversial wildfire hazard maps.

The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it.

After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. But the resulting map led to a huge backlash ...