Oregon lawmakers are working to disentangle requirements for rural “accessory dwelling units,” commonly called “granny flats,” from a statewide wildfire map that’s likely to be discontinued.

The Oregon Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday in an effort to repeal the state’s controversial Wildfire Hazard Map. Read online: <a href="https://www.koin ...

SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Senate has voted to repeal the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map. By passing Senate Bill 88, lawmakers have teed up a repeal the map, which was introduced in ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on April 22 after it passed the Oregon Senate. It now moves onto the House. Senate Bill 83 ...

The spring light show continues this week, when the northern lights could be visible in a handful of northern states, including Oregon. The “view line” for Tuesday’s aurora forecast runs ...

including Oregon and Washington, over the next three months. The map, which shows broad predictions for May, June and July, is colored in shades of yellow and orange. The darker the color ...

The Willamette Valley isn’t the only world-class wine region in Oregon: Just east of Portland, the Columbia River Gorge is producing an impressively varied, exceptionally executed slate of wines. On a ...

The “view line” for Wednesday’s aurora forecast runs along the northeast border of Oregon, where the state line touches Idaho and Washington. Another clear spring evening could mean viewing ...

Night - Clear. Winds from SE to SSE at 10 to 11 mph (16.1 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 69 °F (20.6 °C). Sunny with a high of 86 °F (30 °C). Winds from SSE to SE at 11 to 23 mph (17. ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high-risk landowners may be swapped for incentives meant to promote home hardening and defensible space. The Senate Natural ...

Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations ... With this step forward, we’re delivering the change that rural Oregon has long deserved.” SB ...