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Tammy Webber/APSocial Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services. -
Image via InciwebAttorneys for Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez argue his rights to due process were violated when immigration enforcement officials arrested him last month.
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State agencies say they don’t have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month. -
Letters informing some Oregon property owners they are in areas of high wildfire hazard were supposed to go out over a month ago. Residents are still waiting. -
The Rail Ridge Fire in Grant County burned much of the grass that wild horse herds need to survive through winter. -
A new pilot program in Oregon will provide state liability coverage for prescribed fires. -
A conservation group will pilot a program that uses GPS, collars and cows. The concept could make Eastern Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires. -
The Oregon Department of Forestry is getting help from the state’s general fund to pay its bills after a record wildfire season. -
Oregon’s forest and fire leaders were succinct in describing this year’s wildfire season to a group of Oregon senators. -
Right now, many residents rely on private fire companies to protect their homes. A fire district would provide broader protection in rural Josephine County. -
Meteorologists, whether in an office or near a wildfire, say it’s been an incredibly busy summer tracking and forecasting the wildfires across Oregon. -
Crews are fighting three new blazes and are focused on about six fires where evacuation orders are in place. -
The Devil's Knob and Milepost 98 fires started Thursday. They're threatening nearby communities in Douglas County. -
Three prominent Republicans are calling for legislative action on wildfire policy that targets scaling back forest conservation and logging restrictions.
