Oregon lawmakers approve $218M in emergency wildfire funding in special session
Oregon lawmakers were convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid ...
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Worries linger over traditional firefighting approach in rural Oregon
Oregon’s remaining few forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and ...
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Oregon Legislature approves $218M in emergency wildfire funding
early Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Oregon Department of Transportation via AP) SALEM, Ore. (CN) — Following a record-setting wildfire season, Oregon lawmakers met in a special session on Thursday to ...
Feds sue PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire
The suit is yet another wildfire liability challenge for Oregon's second-largest electricity provider, which is part of ...
Oregon sues companies over defective homes for southern Oregon wildfire victims
The state of Oregon is suing the companies brought on to build 140 homes for 2020 wildfire survivors in southern Oregon.
Removing dead trees after a severe wildfire is often right thing to do
The scars left by severe wildfires across Oregon’s forests are not only a reminder of nature’s power but also of the critical ...
Judge rules for insurgent firms in PacifiCorp wildfire legal clash
Lead counsel in the big PacifiCorp wildfire case in Portland are at war with an insurgent group of law firms they accuse of ...
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$1 million awarded to EWEB for wildfire resiliency projects
Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden secured major investments to strengthen forest health and wildfire resilicency ...
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Local lawmakers give green light to wildfire relief
Vale, and Mark Owens, R-Crane, voted in favor of SB 5801 during the December special session of the 82nd Oregon Legislative ...
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Wildfire Bills Being Paid
(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Department of Forestry is working to pay past-due bills for the summer's wildfire season. The record setting wildfire season depleted funds for fighting the fires. The ...