A bill that would eliminate a controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday.

Gov. Tina Kotek has released a map of state property that could be redeveloped for housing, hoping to offer new options to ...

Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...

On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83.

Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Republicans in the Oregon legislature introduced a bill on Tuesday to repeal the state’s Wildfire Hazard Map, citing concerns that the wildfire resiliency tool is ...

The governor revealed an online map on Thursday aimed at making the state inventory of land more transparent. All told, more than 1.7 million acres are under Oregon state control, but about 360 ...

They said because the map was created by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry in a “landscape style way,” it led to flooded farm fields, for example, being labeled as ...

Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations, advanced today after ...