The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from ...

Wildfire risk map angers rural Oregon residents The map was born in 2021 when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 762 to “help Oregon modernize and improve wildfire preparedness.” ...

Wildfire risk map angers rural Oregon residents The map was born in 2021 when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 762 to “help Oregon modernize and improve wildfire preparedness.” ...

The map, which was released earlier in 2025 and identifies areas at high wildfire risk, requires stricter building codes and creation of defensible space for roughly 100,000 properties in the name ...

Wildfire risk map angers rural Oregon residents The map was born in 2021 when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 762 to “help Oregon modernize and improve wildfire preparedness.” ...

It is consistently updated with fire and air quality alerts. You can also check Central Oregon Fire's website or Oregon's AirNow. We also have an E::Space air quality map on the KTVZ.COM Weather page.

The proposal is the latest legislative idea to keep up with rising wildfire costs. Lawmakers have also mulled a bottle tax, a payroll tax or raiding the kicker.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentous wildfire hazard map , which subjected ...

Senate Bill 83 passed on Tuesday with a bipartisan vote of 50 to 1. The bill eliminates state building code standards and ...

Oregon’s wildfire season last year was a record in terms of cost and acres burned, and wind-fueled blazes over Labor Day weekend in 2020 killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes.

A photo provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows smoke from a wildfire that shut down Interstate 84 between Hood River and The Dalles in Ore., Wednesday, June 11, 2025.