Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is ...

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements.

Several schools have been reported destroyed or damaged in the wildfires, including Palisades Charter High School, which was ...

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from ...

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said two people were killed and many others hurt in the fires, which have ...

Palisades Fire grows again after charring neighborhood 1:40 p.m. The Palisades Fire continues to grow Wednesday amid intense winds and has now burned about 15,830 acres, per an early afternoon update ...

The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home ...

Final maps were released Tuesday by the Oregon Department of Forestry showing the wildfire hazard for every property in the ...

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes.

In Oregon, the new building and so-called defensible space codes will affect only about 106,000 tax lots. But experts say that’s an important step in identifying and protecting fire-prone areas as the ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation is letting drivers know there will be some lane closures on I-5 near Aurora on Wednesday night as crews work installing reflective makers on the road.

About 1,600 tax lots are in high-risk spots that could be subject to new building and landscape codes, the new maps show.