Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map released Tuesday by state fire officials. The ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s new congressional map is failing when it comes to partisan fairness and competitiveness, according to Princeton University’s Gerrymandering Project. The project uses ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce vegetation on their properties under new “wildfire ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: On Aug. 4, 2022 the Oregon Department of Forestry announced they're withdrawing their wildfire risk assessment map and will go back to their partners at OSU to create a ...
Republicans who’d argued the map was a blatant Democratic gerrymander elected not to appeal their case to the Oregon Supreme Court. Former Secretary of State Bev Clarno was among Republicans ...
SALEM, Ore. — After getting feedback from thousands of Oregonians, state officials have withdrawn a map that identified the approximate wildfire risk for every corner of Oregon. The process sprang ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state — labeling nearly 80,000 structures as high-risk — generated so much pushback from angry homeowners ...
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry is collaborating with Oregon State University on changes to a statewide wildfire map that prompted so much controversy it was pulled last year. After ...
As voting-rights advocates in Indian Country look to boost Indigenous representation in politics, some say redrawn political maps in Oregon will dilute the power of many Native American voters to ...
The Oregon coast is undeniably alluring. Sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and outcroppings. Waterfalls, waterspouts, sand dunes. Puffins, pelicans, cormorants. Elk and whales. In a state defined by access ...
The temperature map gives a little more specificity. According to the Climate Prediction Center, the northwest part of Oregon ...