"There’s some relief in temperature ... A westerly wind pushed smoke mostly into central and eastern Oregon Thursday morning, and that trend should continue, Saltenberger said.

The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low ... implemented appropriate defensible space already, there is likely nothing that a designation of high hazard ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...