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Oregonians are being asked to create more defensible space around their homes, with vegetation modified in that space to reduce wildfire threat and help firefighters defend the house.
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This past weekend, community members celebrated the official groundbreaking of the first cooperatively owned mobile home park formed in the Rogue Valley. This fall, families will be returning after the 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed most of the park.
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Fire departments across Oregon will receive more money for staffing ahead of this year’s wildfire season.
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Many Oregonians whose homes were destroyed in 2020 wildfires will soon be protected from potentially massive property tax bills waiting for them after they rebuild.
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Oregon’s housing agency will replace dozens of modular homes in Phoenix that are meant for wildfire survivors, marking a dramatic change from the agency’s previous plan to house fire victims.
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During the recent stretch of nice weather in the Willamette Valley, regional fire crews have been dispatched to several grass and brush fires. Now fire officials are urging everyone to practice fire safety.
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Authorities are warning people to be better prepared after several incidents across popular hiking areas in Oregon during the sunny weather.
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Search and Rescue efforts continue in the search for Rachel Merchant-Ly, a Glide Elementary kindergarten teacher whose vehicle was found crashed in the North Umpqua River.
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Eugene Springfield Fire crews say the hiker had fallen and sustained life-threatening injuries.
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The Springfield Utility Board has established a fund to assist customers that were affected by the recent ice storms.
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The Eugene Water and Electric Board is building the sixth of seven planned emergency water stations, this one near the Eugene YMCA.
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Hotter and more intense fires are likely coming to the Pacific Northwest’s cooler and wetter forests. That’s from new research led by an Oregon State University scientist.