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The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 acres, about half of that federal land, according to the legal complaint filed Thursday.
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A federal judge denied a timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire.
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The Legislature spent $218 million to cover the costs of the most expensive fire season on record.
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This year’s record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months.
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The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act.
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The Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2023, which is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden, will offer relief to survivors of wildfires dating back to 2015.
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After utility equipment sparked tragic wildfires, PG&E, SCE and SDG&E received state approval to collect $27 billion from ratepayers. As California electric bills soar, questions have emerged about oversight and costs.
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State agencies say they don’t have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month.
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Letters informing some Oregon property owners they are in areas of high wildfire hazard were supposed to go out over a month ago. Residents are still waiting.
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The Rail Ridge Fire in Grant County burned much of the grass that wild horse herds need to survive through winter.
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A new pilot program in Oregon will provide state liability coverage for prescribed fires.
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A conservation group will pilot a program that uses GPS, collars and cows. The concept could make Eastern Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry is getting help from the state’s general fund to pay its bills after a record wildfire season.
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Oregon’s forest and fire leaders were succinct in describing this year’s wildfire season to a group of Oregon senators.