Wildfire

Firefighters from the Coos Forest Protective Association are trying to save one of the world’s tallest Douglas fir, a 325-foot behemoth on the Oregon Coast known as the Doerner Fir.

One of the chemicals used in the spray is under review by the Environmental Protection Agency for potential cancer risk.

The latest lawsuit is part of nearly 20-year fight to protect the red tree vole that has lost 65% of its Oregon Coast old-growth habitat to logging and wildfire.

This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact.

Amid a class-action lawsuit over allegations it negligently caused wildfires, PacifiCorp is moving ahead with a new Wildfire Intelligence Center in Medford aimed at preventing future disasters.

The Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region headquarters would be closed and the Pacific Northwest Research Station would be moved to Fort Collins, Colorado.

Lawmakers will reconvene in August to try to avoid mass layoffs at transportation agencies. As wildfires sweep the state, the stakes are particularly high.

A proposal to require utilities cover federal income taxes on settlements paid to powerline-ignited wildfire survivors died and a federal law providing relief is set to expire.

Gov. Tina Kotek warns of worsening fire conditions as summer continues.

Ashland is finalizing a plan that will hopefully make the city a climate refuge in the era of massive wildfires. It’s the first update in more than 20 years.

As California enters the height of wildfire season, Cal Fire aircraft are once again painting red lines across dry hillsides with a substance known as PHOS-CHEK. The fire retardant is used to slow or stop advancing flames. But growing questions about its safety for the environment and for people are prompting scrutiny.