An evacuation map for Jefferson County can be found at ... Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Cram ...

At least 850 personnel are fighting the Burdoin Fire and some national forest lands in the Columbia River Gorge are now ...

Wildlife everywhere faces a growing challenge: moving safely across an increasingly fragmented landscape. Roads, urban ...

Oregon officials stressed that passage of legislation in 2023 “prohibits insurers in Oregon from using this map, or any statewide map, for making decisions on whether to extend coverage or ...

Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive. Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.

A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of California and Oregon, meaning residents are urged to move away from the coast ...

SALEM, Ore. — After getting feedback from thousands of Oregonians, state officials have withdrawn a map that identified the approximate wildfire risk for every corner of Oregon. The process ...

Last year, the Oregon Department of Forestry rolled out its wildfire risk assessment map. It was sent back to the drawing board after public outcry.

Oregon hasn’t experienced an event like this in living memory, but there have been analogous quakes. In 2011, for example, the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan killed around 20,000 people.

Science & Environment Oregon’s wildfire risk map is due soon. But first, the public has a chance to weigh in By Cassandra Profita (OPB) April 18, 2022 5:45 p.m.

When Oregon lawmakers unveil their first proposals for redrawing the state’s political maps Friday morning, plenty of people will be tuned in. Business interests, bankrolling a new advocacy ...