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Thunderstorms raked Oregon with lightning strikes the evening of Sept. 3 and ignited numerous new wildfires across the state, according to state and federal officials. Firefighters and hot shot crews ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new bill would require insurers who use catastrophic event and wildfire risk modeling formulas to calculate insurance premiums, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Forests in the Pacific Northwest may be losing value due to wildfire risk and volatile timber pricing, according to a new analysis. Researchers at Oregon State University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a relatively quiet wildfire season, a spate of lightning storms has ramped up the number of fires across Oregon to the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers at the University of Oregon are warning that the risk of wildfires are going up, but they are seeing less investment in cameras that monitor wildfires. Unless the Oregon ...

A fire burning near La Pine prompted evacuation notices for central Oregon residents on Tuesday but ultimately claimed no ...

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. This story was originally published by ...