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A state board dropped nearly 100 derogatory terms from maps this year, Central Oregon’s China Hat Butte wasn’t one of them The state board responsible for Oregon’s place names recently released a list ...
Whether you prefer Google Maps or Waze, there is a wide range of apps that provide driving directions these days — and they will often give real-time traffic and accident updates, alternative ...
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An earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The entire Oregon coastline is under a tsunami advisory, according to the National Weather Service and the ...
Oregon lawmakers last week voted to repeal the state’s wildfire hazard maps — along with their unpopular property requirements — with only a single dissenting vote: the Legislature’s lone professional ...
Oregon’s 2025 wildfire season hit us with a devastating start. My heart breaks for the 56 families who lost everything when the Rowena Fire burned their homes. I sympathize with the disruption in the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday repealing the state’s controversial wildfire hazard maps. Senate Bill 83 repeals the maps and directs state ...
The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it. Rural Oregonians and their representatives in the Legislature had ...
A bipartisan coalition of Oregon lawmakers is pushing to dismantle the state’s controversial wildfire risk maps and the mandates tied to them, citing widespread concerns from rural property owners ...
After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience. Among other things, Senate Bill 762 created a map of ...
An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill 83 ...