After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger ...

The Flat fire in Jefferson and Deschutes counties, which began Thursday and has burned through more than 18,000 acres, is 0% ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office expanded evacuation orders on Saturday evening and several subdivisions near the fire ...

The Flat Fire in Oregon prompts evacuations and a state mobilization response due to rapid growth and extreme weather ...

A new statewide shelter system, overseen by Oregon Housing and Community Services, launched in July when Gov. Tina Kotek ...

Deschutes County Commissioners pulled back on more requirements for wildfire-resistant homes but want to move forward.

Oregon abandons wildfire risk maps By Adam Aton | 06/30/2025 06:07 AM EDT The state tried to link building codes to hazardous areas, provoking a yearslong backlash from rural communities.

An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it The building and so-called defensible space provisions impacted 6% of the state’s roughly 1.9 million tax lots, a ...

Almost immediately after the state released its wildfire map, people in rural areas of Oregon began to criticize it. Looking back, Golden said he sees three roots of that backlash.