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

All 1.9 million tax lots statewide were assessed, and of those, roughly 106,000, or 6% of the state, will be subject to rules ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Fascinated by the Northwest, President Thomas Jefferson wanted the Louisiana Purchase explored. He looked at our vast unknown territory as a possible commercial connection to the Pacific Ocean. So he ...

Thousands of firefighters are battling at least three separate blazes Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena.