La Pine fire: Massive Oregon blaze prompts evacuation order; check full list of areas, scary pics of Riverview fire

A massive wildfire prompted evacuation order for areas of La Pine in Oregon on Tuesday as scary visuals from the incident ...
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Fire season may already be underway as March wildfire sparks evacuations in Central Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — A wildfire in Central Oregon in the middle of March forced evacuations this week, prompting fire officials to warn that this year’s fire season may already be underway. According to ...
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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. This story was originally published by ...

Central Oregon wildfire burns 11 acres near La Pine

An early season wildfire in central Oregon prompted the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office to order hundreds of residents north of La Pine to evacuate their homes on Tuesday afternoon. By 7 p.m., those ...

Wildfire near La Pine prompts Level 3, Level 1 evacuations

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office ordered evacuations for homes along the Little Deschutes River on Tuesday afternoon as ...
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Wildfire risk, volatile timber pricing threaten Oregon’s forests, study finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Forests in the Pacific Northwest may be losing value due to wildfire risk and volatile timber pricing, according to a new analysis. Researchers at Oregon State University ...
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'Alarming': Oregon lawmakers react to possible cuts to cameras that monitor wildfires

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers at the University of Oregon are warning that the risk of wildfires are going up, but they are seeing less investment in cameras that monitor wildfires. Unless the Oregon ...
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Oregon bill would require home insurers to consider wildfire prevention efforts

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new bill would require insurers who use catastrophic event and wildfire risk modeling formulas to calculate insurance premiums, ...