Oregon lawmakers passed an oral nicotine tax to pay for some wildfire costs, while a bill aimed at getting wildfire survivors ...

The measure, House Bill 3940, would tax oral nicotine products and tap the interest on Oregon’s rainy day savings account and ...

Zone JAC-437 has been downgraded to a Level 1 'Be Ready' evacuation.

Oregon firefighters answer call to fight California fires Senator Jeff Golden (D-Ashland), told KOIN 6 News he’s been working on getting funding for neighborhood-wide preventative programs.

When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state — an area larger than Delaware. For Tyler McCarty, district manager at the Coos Forest ...

A 76-year-old man died Friday after colliding with a tree at Mt. Ashland Ski Area in southern Oregon. The man, which the ski area has not identified, collided with a tree on one of the mountain's ...

But fast-growing fires are now the norm. Using NASA satellite data, we studied more than 60,000 fires in the United States over nearly two decades.During that time, we saw a 250 percent increase ...

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It now moves to the House, and if passed, to Gov. Tina Kotek's desk. The Oregon Senate has repealed the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map. It moves to the House for a vote, then, if passed ...

As fires rage in Los Angeles, ... Mayor of Oregon town damaged by 2020 wildfire on Los Angeles fires. ... said that knowing what people in California are going through right now is difficult.

Passed: Oregon tax on Zyn, interest from rainy day fund. The biggest wildfire funding bill that passed was House Bill 3940 — which includes a tax on oral nicotine products, taps the state’s ...