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Bigger fires, longer seasons challenge current ways of fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon’s rural forest protective ...
After special session, Oregon Department of Forestry quickly processes $88 million in wildland fire vendor payments
ODF officials report that they've been delivering on the commitment to get outstanding payments to vendors as quickly as possible after a costly 2024 fire season.
Daily Record4h
Oregon lawmakers to introduce bill barring utility rate increases amid unresolved wildfire lawsuits
Three Oregon lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bill that would bar utilities from raising rates if they have unresolved ...
Biden Had A Chance To Protect Ancient Trees — And Failed
The president set out to leave a legacy on nation's most carbon-rich forests. Experts say he dropped the ball.
U.S. homelessness up 18% since 2023; Oregon alone in not counting most unsheltered people this year, feds report
Oregon was the lone state in which officials opted not to conduct a new count of people living unsheltered in nearly all its ...
Herald and News23h
Some worry about using traditional approach to fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state — an area larger than Delaware. For Tyler McCarty, district manager at ...