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 ...

Oregon wildfires damaged the sales value of nearby farmland and larger blazes tended to cause more severe negative impacts, according to a new study. After a wildfire, ag acreage located within 2 ...

University of Oregon researchers say wildfires can form cancer-causing compounds in the soils they burn through.

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 ...

Cole Lindsay remembers embers from the 2024 Fossil Complex Fire blowing into a steep canyon, a place where crews feared new fire starts had the potential to form. Lindsay, the Oregon Department of ...

The Flat Fire, burning approximately two miles northeast of Sisters, Oregon, has expanded to an estimated 23,261 acres, with 7% containment, according to updated infrared mapping. READ MORE | ...

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