After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. This story was originally published by ...

Oregon homeowners who take steps to protect their homes from wildfire could pay less for property insurance under a southern Oregon state senator’s proposal to require insurers to consider fire ...

Since the devastating 2020 Labor Day wildfires, the Oregon Legislature has passed a range of laws to create fire-adapted communities. Among these laws is SB 762, adopted in 2021, which required the ...

The Darlene 3 fire started in the afternoon, June 25, 2024, and spread overnight to 1,700 acres in Deschutes County, Ore. automation A wind-driven wildfire threatening homes and causing evacuations in ...

Oregon wildfires burned a far smaller number of acres than last year’s historic total, but the state’s fires still destroyed more homes than normal and shut down rivers and roadways while spurring ...

Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, modeled his new bill after a similar Colorado law. It follows years of rising property insurance premiums and policy cancellations or nonrenewals across the country, ...