This was not his first fire. In 2023, a wildfire forced the evacuation of Deschutes River State Recreation Area, just off the ...

Oregon State Fire Marshal's office provides 76 new fire engines to local departments for enhanced wildfire response.

As danger from wildfire increases, firefighters who normally work on structure fires are making sure they are ready to be ...

A fast-moving wildfire near Rowena, Oregon, scorched 2,500 acres last week, forcing thousands to evacuate. As of Monday, Level 3 “Go Now” orders were lifted, allowing residents to return and assess ...

Derek Johnson is the State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Oregon. For more than 20 years, Derek has worked for TNC in ...

Lorelei Juntunen is the chair of The Nature Conservancy’s Board of Trustees and the president and CEO of ECONorthwest. She ...

Climate change has made extreme weather more prevalent and intense.1 Those consequences are showing up in home insurance premiums, with the average annual cost increasing 30%— $740— since 2021..

What's cut in new Springfield budget? Firefighting and library hours, and non-officers who support Springfield police.

Last weekend, Portlanders sent President Donald Trump a message in the language he speaks most fluently: crowd size.

The Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has concluded the final deliveries of new firefighting apparatus as part of its Engine ...

Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs ...

Freshly returned from a deployment in the Gorge, crews from the Banks Fire District and Gaston Rural Fire Protection District ...