Discussions around repealing the state wildfire hazard maps continue to move forward in Deschutes County and the state ...

Over the past year or so, however, talks about the bridge have been reignited. A group calling itself Connect Bend formed to ...

Lawyers are at odds over whether a proposal to create a new safety certification for utility companies who earn a gold star ...

Work begins next week to reduce wildfire risk by removing flammable vegetation on ODOT and railroad property in the Deschutes ...

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

The 2021 Dixie Fire in California burned 963,309 acres. It destroyed 1,311 structures and damaged more. It caused four injuries. Fortunately, no one was killed. The cause of the fire was a falling ...

The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed ... Anthony Broadman, D-Bend, told the Oregon Senate on Thursday he wants the map repealed. Our journalism needs your support.

The bill calls on utilities to perform meet wildfire protection standards. In return, they'd gain legal protection.

HORSESHOE BEND, Idaho — On Sunday afternoon, a simple brush fire exploded into an uncontrolled wildfire that prompted evacuations and burned approximately 25 acres north of Horseshoe Bend.

For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...

D-Bend, is co-sponsoring the bill, along with state Rep. Kevin Mannix, a Republican from Salem. In workgroup sessions, Oregon’s big monopoly utilities — PacifiCorp’s Pacific Power and Portland General ...