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Fri 9AM | Impact of the Almeda fire, five years later

By JPR News Team
Published September 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM PDT
FILE - Pink fire retardant covers a car at an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires.
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FILE - Pink fire retardant covers a car at an area destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires.

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week. Top stories include:

How Talent’s Gateway housing helped students return home

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Five years after the Almeda Fire, some Royal Oaks residents return, some move on

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