Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a ...

Oregon has a new draft map illustrating which areas are most susceptible to wildfires. Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry released the proposed wildfire hazard map Thursday ...

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps” unveiled ...

Oregon’s new wildfire risk map was taking a long time to load on Thursday as people across the state searched their addresses to find out whether their homes were in the red. The Oregon Wildfire Risk ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A remade version of an Oregon state map that shows each property’s risk of wildfire will not be released as early as expected, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – 150 years ago - on August 20, 1873 - the oil burning wicks of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse were lit for the first time, welcoming mariners and warning them about the rocky shores ...

The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it. Rural Oregonians and their representatives in the Legislature had ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's contentious wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building ...