This story was originally published by Canary Media. Carole and Alan Balzer have called the town of Talent home since 1998. They met in college in nearby Ashland and never left southwestern Oregon.

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

Oregon is facing below-normal snowpack statewide, and experts say it is the worst it has been in more than a decade. A local ...

In early March, the Oregon legislature passed a law aimed to reduce the environmental and safety hazards related to battery ...

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

In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity — and later came under strict habitat protections that ...

The Qury wildfire near Custer now affects 8,420 acres, officials said in an update on Monday morning, March 16. That's an ...

US says PacifiCorp's electrical lines caused six wildfires PacifiCorp denies liability, says settlement adds certainty Utility faces billions of dollars of private claims Feb 20 (Reuters) - PacifiCorp ...

Oregon legislators passed a bill to address battery-sparked fires at garbage and recycling facilities, on garbage trucks and ...

PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires ...

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 ...