Oregon lawmakers approved nearly $123 million to help cover the costs of this year’s wildfire season, sending money to two state agencies responsible for fighting wildfires. The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Emergency Board agreed to allocate $108 million to the Oregon Department of Forestry and $15 million to the Department of the State Fire Marshal at […]
Free story: I check Watch Duty and Inciweb.wildfire.gov before heading out. The apps monitor recent lightning sparked wildfires along the 200-mile stretch of road I take, twice a month, to get to my log cabin in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.
Brown University researchers found that a small amount of testimony from fossil fuel lobbyists opposing polluter pay laws has had greater power than massive public support.
Free news, online only: Emergency rescue operations begin tomorrow to save wild horses whose health is under immediate threat from severe food and water shortages.
After spending her morning flying across the state to observe active wildfires near Mount Hood and northeast Oregon, Gov. Tina Kotek warned Oregonians to stay alert as the state still has more than a month until the end of the fire season. “It’s really horrifying to see the type of fire damage that’s already occurred,” […]
(The Center Square) - Firefighters in the Reno area continued to fight for further containment along the Hawk Fire while 45,000 residents remained under evacuation orders during the state of emergency.
