The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention since its inception — and most recently, state House and Senate Republicans want to do away ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — While lawmakers deliberate potential changes to the state's wildfire hazard map policy, some Oregonians say it needs to be scrapped altogether. A few dozen people opposed to ...

For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...

to continue to accept all appeals of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map up to the Mar. 10 deadline but to pause sending the appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative ...

On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state. These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate ...

In workgroup sessions, Oregon’s big monopoly utilities — PacifiCorp’s Pacific Power and Portland General Electric, or PGE – advocated for the wildfire safety regulations in the bill and ...

On Monday, Portland State University was among 60 universities ... proposal on Wednesday aimed at addressing challenges within Oregon’s education system. Months after two women were brutally ...

Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention ... more urbanized areas of the Willamette Valley from Portland to Eugene and parts of the Oregon Coast.