California officials on Monday released another set of county maps rating the likelihood and severity of wildfires as part of an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month.

After upheaval at the Department of Forestry, she says she and future governors should have the power to directly hire the ...

A public town hall meeting is being held in White City on Mar. 8 calling for the repeal of the statewide wildfire hazard map.

A laid-off Forest Service employee from Chico is speaking out about the significant impact federal budget cuts will have on fire safety.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — KATU’s Steve Dunn recently interviewed Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on a wide range of topics. Last week, KATU aired segments of the interview and a longer version on this Sunday’s ...

The state wildfire hazard map is dead or headed for a reckoning. We don’t know that for sure, so don’t get your hopes up if that is what you have ...

After a bumpy time for Oregon's Department of Forestry and the abrupt resignation of its leader, Kotek wants to pick the next state forester.

Gov. Tina Kotek urged lawmakers this week to buckle down and make “hard decisions” about how to increase state funding for wildfire mitigation and fire fighting. She highlighted a wide ranging ...

Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action on the state’s new Wildfire Hazard Map until the Legislature decides what ...

On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.