PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million in a settlement with the federal government over six wildfires in Oregon and California.

State support is encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency and construction designed to reduce future risk.

At the end of 2024, wildfire survivors who had waited years to be paid in settlements over powerline-ignited fires got major relief from the federal government: they would not have to pay federal ...

Firefighters work to stop the Flat Fire near The Dalles that started on Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office) Oregon’s statewide 2025 fire season officially wrapped ...

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 ...

An Oregon jury has ordered PacifiCorp to pay $305 million to 16 victims of the state's devastating 2020 wildfires. The ...

Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that was co-sponsored by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden At the end of 2024, wildfire survivors who had waited years to ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Local and state leaders say wildfire seasons are lasting longer across Central Oregon, and the threat is only growing. On Thursday, officials met in Bend to discuss how to better ...

PacifiCorp announced it had reached a $575 million settlement resolving all federal government claims for damages connected to the 2020 Labor Day wildfires and the 2022 McKinney wildfire. The U.S. […] ...

SALEM, Ore. -- 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 ...

FILE - Chairs stand at a post office in the aftermath of the Santiam Fire, in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury has ordered PacifiCorp to pay $305 million to 16 victims ...