Some 2,800 lightning strikes observed Wednesday caused more than 60 new fire starts, satellite imagery showed, according to the National Weather Service. It was one of Oregon’s most extreme days ...

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 highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon’s southwest, central and eastern areas, according to the map. A wildfire risk map issued by the Oregon Department of ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state ...

Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, also supported repealing the wildfire map “that has so many people scared and confused.” After the historically destructive 2020 Labor Day wildfires, the Oregon ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is accepting all appeals to the statewide wildfire hazard map up until Mar. 10, under ...

Oregon Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map ...

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 ...

There’s been a bit of controversy since Oregon officials released the wildfire property risk maps which are intended to ...

to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map up to the Mar. 10 deadline but to pause sending the appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative ...

The Oregon Senate Committee on Housing and Development wants to know what local groups need from them once severe weather hits.