Echo Mountain Complex Fire

Oregon’s second-largest electrical utility, PacifiCorp, played a significant role in the Labor Day wildfires that ravaged parts of the state in 2020, according to a Multnomah County jury.

Community leaders in Lincoln City broke ground on an affordable housing complex Friday.

Nearly two years after the Echo Mountain Fire tore through parts of Lincoln County, the community of Otis is still in recovery mode. A team of volunteers is spending the week there helping to remove dead or damaged trees.

A state lawmaker on the Oregon coast wants schools to teach students how to prepare for things like earthquakes, wildfires or tsunamis.

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners is considering an ordinance that would allow them to ban the use of fireworks during hot, dry weather.

Oregon lawmakers are advancing a bill that’s meant to help school districts in areas ravaged by wildfires.

Four Oregon school districts hit hard by wildfires in 2020 could get a boost from state lawmakers

Four of the fires that burned across Oregon on Labor Day of 2020 were likely caused by equipment owned by PacifiCorp, according to a fire investigator in a class action lawsuit.

Melynda Small knew her house was in trouble when the Echo Mountain Fire bore down on the unincorporated town of Otis in Oregon’s coast range. "293 homes…

The rebuilding effort continues in Lincoln County one year after the Echo Mountain Complex Fire devastated the town of Otis. Like many of last year’s…

Recreational fires, including those in backyard fire pits, will be banned throughout Lincoln County starting Friday, August 13. The ban also applies to…

With temperatures on the rise, Lincoln County officials say the county will enter a burn ban starting June 1. The restriction applies to debris burns.…