Category Fire
Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale, of controlled burns by state and feds
State and federal agencies are coming around to Indigenous knowledge and science around the need for low-intensity fires to preempt severe ones.
State wildfire agencies prepared to respond to fire season but will need more staff in future
State wildfire leaders say they are struggling to attract more firefighters due to limited housing and low wages.
Oregon’s legislative session ending without much-needed solutions to wildfire funding issues
Three proposals to boost wildfire funding this session have died, though one bill, to protect wildfire survivor settlements, is on its way to Gov. Kotek
Oregon homeowners face soaring premiums, few property insurance options over wildfires
Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back on wildfire coverage, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort.
Property fee cut from controversial wildfire funding proposal, but big timber could still get break
A controversial wildfire funding proposal has changed in recent days. It's sponsors will no longer ask all Oregon property owners to pay $10 a year to help offset fire protection costs on forest and ranch landowners.
Fire at Salem Nissan dealership remains under investigation
Firefighters responded around 4:44 p.m. Monday to a report of smoke coming from a Nissan dealership on Northeast Market Street. Fire officials said it took over two hours to control the blaze.
UPDATED: Fire contained at Nissan dealership
A two-alarm fire was contained, and no other structures are threatened.
Timber industry tied to proposal shifting wildfire protection costs from landowners to public
Several Oregon timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.
State program helps hundreds of households affected by 2020 Labor Day fires, but needs remain
State officials have spent or accounted for a $150 million wildfire recovery program from the Legislature though victims of the Labor Day blazes are far from whole.