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Eight neighborhoods in Bend, Sisters, Culver areas join Firewise program
Four Bend-area neighborhoods and two each in the Sisters and Culver areas joined the national Firewise program last year and were among 182…
Continue ReadingFour Bend-area neighborhoods and two each in the Sisters and Culver areas joined the national Firewise program last year and were among 182…
Continue ReadingA hotel in Roseburg has been fined $31,000 for overcharging dozens of area residents who sought rooms after fleeing a large wildfire in…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal, state, local and tribal partners have launched the Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 wildfires devastated Oregon communities, burning more than a million acres and destroying many…
Continue ReadingMore than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires and about 57% of them were…
Continue ReadingBeginning Wednesday, firefighters will be burning downed juniper near Willow Creek and around Haystack Reservoir on the Crooked River National…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced Tuesday it is investing $1 million to restore potable water to the rural town of…
Continue ReadingCrews around the state are beginning to clear roads and private properties of trees damaged in September’s…
Continue ReadingThe Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest is seeking public comments on plans to salvage and reforest hundreds of acres in…
Continue ReadingOregon Parks Forever, a statewide nonprofit, announced Tuesday the establishment of a Wildfire Tree Replanting Fund. The goal of the fund is to…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Legislative Emergency Board approved millions of dollars in emergency funding Friday to support Oregonians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic…
Continue ReadingAbout 360,000 acres of private forestlands were among the million acres that burned in Oregon during the Labor Day wildfires.…
Continue ReadingBeginning Wednesday and continuing over the next several weeks, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest plan to ignite several burn piles west…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County’s Community Development Department is considering implementing new codes and regulations that would better protect rural…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced new legislation Tuesday to incentivize utility companies to do more to reduce wildfire risks as…
Continue ReadingFederal officials have released a plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the West to stop devastating wildfires on land used…
Continue ReadingOregon’s entire congressional delegation said Tuesday it is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assume 100 percent of the cost share…
Continue ReadingThe state of Oregon will provide no-cost wildfire ash and debris cleanup for all homes and businesses in the eight counties affected by the…
Continue ReadingOregon state agencies, federal and local partners have formed a multi-agency team to analyze potential post-fire flooding and erosion threats on and…
Continue ReadingBeginning Thursday and lasting through the weekend, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest plan to ignite several burn piles outside of…
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