PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected ...

The bill repeals a map meant to identify parts of Oregon at high risk of wildfires that became a lightning rod for anger from ...

The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday repealing the state’s controversial wildfire hazard maps.

Senate Bill 83 passed on Tuesday with a bipartisan vote of 50 to 1. The bill eliminates state building code standards and ...

Wildfire risk map angers rural Oregon residents The map was born in 2021 when the Legislature passed Senate Bill 762 to “help Oregon modernize and improve wildfire preparedness.” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building ...

Oregon's wildfire season last year was a record in terms of cost and acres burned, and wind-fueled blazes over Labor Day weekend in 2020 killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes.