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Lawmakers figure they’ll need around $300 million per biennium to fund fighting wildfires. How they fund that is the big ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the ...
A wildfire burning out of control in Oregon, near the state’s border with Washington, has forced hundreds of evacuations and ...
Nearly 4,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare for evacuation in Deschutes and Jefferson counties. The fire jumped ...
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs ...
There is a new wildfire burning in central Oregon Monday. The Alder Springs Fire is estimated at 1,500 acres. The area ...
A dry spring is worsening conditions east of the Cascades. Even on the west side, the Seattle area has seen no measurable ...
The Rowena Fire has steadily grown more contained over the last several days as firefighters continue to work the perimeter.
Firefighters and other resources from across the state were on scene or heading to Jefferson County on Tuesday to help regional crews battling the fast-moving Alder Springs Fire, which grew to 2,500 a ...
State agencies say they’re prepared but federal capacity remains uncertain after last year's record-breaking fires stretched ...
A baby deer fleeing a wildfire dashed toward firefighters in Oregon, deputies said. The young animal appeared from a burned ...
The Rowena fire ignited Wednesday in Eastern Oregon and quickly climbed the wind-swept hillsides of the Columbia River Gorge ...