PORTLAND, Ore. — A trial connected to a $1.6-billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon began Tuesday in Portland. The fires ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Labor Day 2024 marks four years since the deadly and destructive wildfires of 2020 scorched Oregon’s landscape.The Labor Day fires started in multiple locations over the ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry still has 18 ongoing investigations into fires that burned across 1.2 million acres of Oregon in 2020, according to agency spokesperson Jessica Prakke.

A new report on the 2020 Santiam Fires says major fires in the Gates, Mill City and Lyons area were not caused by downed power lines. The report blames embers from the previously burning Beachie ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury in Oregon on Monday found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020, ordering the company to pay tens of ...

The fires were among the worst natural disasters in Oregon’s history, burning more than 1,875 square miles. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Oregon is taking a close look at its ... After the fires during the 2020 short session the agency was also given $100,000 to provide grants to local planning departments in disaster ...

The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than 1,875 square miles in Oregon and destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures. ... Oregon, on Sept. 11, 2020.

Four and a half years after the 193,000-acre Santiam-Beachie Fires tore through Gates, Mill City and Lyons, the Oregon Department of Forestry released its investigation, via a pubic records ...

The 2020 fires killed 11 people and destroyed more than 4,000 homes. So far, Oregon’s 2024 fire season has caused no deaths and has destroyed 21 homes. VIDEO: Coast Guard rescues man in ...

The bill would raise more than $40 million to fund programs aimed mostly at mitigating wildfires with a smaller amount going ...