Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered the Oregon Department of Forestry to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map.

Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico all have red flag conditions in place amid weather conditions ideal for fire spread.

The Ashland lawmaker wants the map to designate the risk level of broad areas rather than naming the risk of individual ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...

Two other bills proposed in the current session by Republicans would get rid of the map all together or get rid of Senate Bill 762, which also required the electric utilities to create wildfire ...

All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates ...

With climate change contributing to larger, more frequent wildfires, state authorities have focused heavily on pushing ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to ...