Governing

Oregon Uses Wildfire Recovery to Drive Smarter, Safer Rebuilding

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

US Sen. Ron Wyden wants answers from Trump administration on wildfire preparedness

Lawmakers across the West are nervous about a potentially destructive wildfire season at a time when federal firefighting agencies are strained.
East Oregonian

Federal income tax relief for Oregon wildfire survivors ends

Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that Oregon Sen. Wyden co-sponsored WASHINGTON — At the end of 2024, wildfire survivors who had waited years to be ...
KTVZ

Bynum, Bentz join bipartisan group on bill to keep exempting wildfire relief payments from federal income taxes

A bipartisan group of House members - including Oregon Democrat Janelle Bynum and Republican Cliff Bentz - introduced legislation Friday to continue exempting wildfire relief payments from the federal ...
Yahoo

Less acreage burned in Oregon’s 2025 wildfire season, but more ignited by humans

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 ...
The Daily Astorian

No more federal income tax relief for Oregon wildfire survivors after Congress fails to extend exemption

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 ...
JD Supra

OP-ED: Oregon’s Evolving Wildfire Mitigation Standards

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 ...

PacifiCorp to pay $575M to resolve federal government's claims over wildfires in Oregon, California

PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in Oregon and California in 2020 and 2022, federal officials announced ...
KTVZ

‘We all need to work together’: State and local leaders highlight growing wildfire threat in Central Oregon

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 ...

Berkshire-owned PacifiCorp pays $575 million to settle US government's wildfire claims

By Jonathan Stempel Feb 20 (Reuters) - PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway,, agreed to pay $575 million to ...
Oregon Public Broadcasting

PacifiCorp reaches $575M settlement with feds over 2020 wildfires

Since 2020, the federal government has filed multiple lawsuits against PacifiCorp over its role in wildfires that scorched Oregon and California.
KTVZ

Oregon bill would require home insurers to consider owners’ wildfire prevention efforts

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 ...