Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

Nearly one million acres in Oregon have burned as 38 large wildfires remain uncontrolled across the state, including one of the nation's largest wildland fires. The majority of the blazes have ...

The warm and dry weather is starting to catch up with the Pacific Northwest as parts of the Beaver State fall back into ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon has finalized its statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface, with the final versions now accessible on the Oregon Explorer website.

The Pacific Northwest faces a multitude of major fires, blanketing the region in smoke and evacuation notices. More than 1 million acres have burned in Oregon and in Washington, Governor Jay ...

Democrats say they want to repeal the map, but want to first evaluate it in the context of other wildfire bills.

Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting $1 billion of ...

The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low, moderate or high risk of wildfires came about following the historic 2020 Labor Day wildfires that killed nine ...

A repeal of Oregon’s wildfire risk map is still on track, kind of like getting off the freeway and taking Highway 99 while driving slowly but still in the same ...

A bipartisan coalition of Oregon lawmakers is pushing to dismantle the state's controversial wildfire risk maps and the ...

The wildfire hazard map, created by Senate Bill 762 in 2021, was meant to identify areas in Oregon with high wildfire risk. The map requires stricter building codes and defensible space ...