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Oregon Republican lawmakers introduce bill to repeal ‘flawed’ Wildfire Hazard Map
Republicans in the Oregon legislature introduced a bill on Tuesday to repeal the state's Wildfire Hazard Map, citing concerns ...
Oregon deploys more than 2 dozen firefighters to battle North Carolina wildfires
The Oregon Department of Forestry sent 26 firefighters and two agency representatives for a two-week rotation in North ...
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ODF report: Beachie Creek Fire embers, not power lines, sparked 2020 Labor Day fires in Santiam Canyon
Xiaoshi DePaola, KGW SANTIAM JUNCTION, Ore. (KGW) — Investigators found no evidence of power line ignitions causing the ...
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Oregon Republicans introduce bill to repeal wildfire hazard map
Oregon House and Senate Republicans are continuing to push back against the state's wildfire hazard map, introducing a bill ...
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Guest column: Fire maps are flawed but Oregonians need to harden their homes
The state’s wildfire maps are clearly flawed ... Almost all Central Oregon is a high risk area. As the Alameda wildfire in Oregon and others across the state and continent have shown, cities ...
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Problem Solvers: Fate of Oregon’s controversial wildfire hazard map now in the hands of lawmakers
La Pine residents tell us they saw a major increase in their homeowners' insurance following the Darlene 3 Fire ... with the Oregon Department of Forestry's wildfire hazard map as a cause ...
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Oregon fire officials say PacifiCorp didn’t cause Santiam Fire, contradicting federal reports, jury decision
The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that ...
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Protesters say Oregon's wildfire hazard map will drive down property values
The map creates new rules for those living in the most fire-prone areas that also border wildlands such as forests or grasslands. Some homeowners say the map will drive down property values and ...
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Editorial: The seeming demise of Oregon's fire map tax
Even state Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, whose 2021 bill called for the map said he thinks it needs to go. State Sen. Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, told the Oregon Senate on Thursday he wants the map ...