Derek Johnson is the State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Oregon. For more than 20 years, Derek has worked for TNC in ...

Oregon braces for wildfire season. And each year, we spend tens of millions (sometimes hundreds) trying to put those fires ...

Climate change has made extreme weather more prevalent and intense.1 Those consequences are showing up in home insurance premiums, with the average annual cost increasing 30%— $740— since 2021..

What's cut in new Springfield budget? Firefighting and library hours, and non-officers who support Springfield police.

Last weekend, Portlanders sent President Donald Trump a message in the language he speaks most fluently: crowd size.

The Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) has concluded the final deliveries of new firefighting apparatus as part of its Engine ...

Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs ...

Police are searching for a suspect accused of sexually assaulting two people in southeast Salem on Sunday and Monday.

Freshly returned from a deployment in the Gorge, crews from the Banks Fire District and Gaston Rural Fire Protection District ...

The threat of a devastating wildfire is only a spark away. And for local agencies that means always being ready to respond.

A bill aimed at protecting beavers on more than 100,000 miles of Oregon's waterways passed the state Legislature on June 16.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) works with the Oregon Health Authority along with other local agencies ...