Oregon wildfires
Jury hits PacifiCorp with latest wildfire verdict, this one for $29 million
The verdict will translate to $42 million after a doubling of economic damages and punitive damages.
Jury slaps PacifiCorp with another $62 million damage award for 2020 wildfires
Based on post trial motions, the verdict could cost PacifiCorp closer to $85 million.
Readers respond: Protect vulnerable from new wildfire normal
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Best-rated air purifiers, 5 ways to protect your home from smoke, poor air quality from wildfires
Learn how to limit your smoke exposure from the fires in Canada, Oregon, Washington and across the west coast.
Readers respond: Misjudgments paved way to deaths
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Readers respond: Senate must pass wildfire prevention budgets
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Readers respond: Invest in workforce with Oregon Conservation Corps
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Readers respond: Bill supports resilience after disaster
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Readers respond: Wildfires, disease biggest threats to old-growth
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Oregon wildfire robs California of critical electricity supply from Pacific Northwest during heat wave
The Bootleg fire in southern Oregon has knocked out power lines that feed electricity from the Pacific Northwest to California
Small change to far-reaching wildfire bill brought bipartisan support
Last-minute jockeying and a tweak to its language brought support for Senate Bill 762.
ODOT fires a prime contractor on its controversial post-fire hazard tree and debris removal program
The agency terminated two contracts totaling $153 million with ECC Constructors on Monday, citing slow progress on cleanup of the Riverside and Beachie Creek fires.
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