The Board of Forestry has long had the power to hire and fire the state forester. Then lawmakers passed a bill transferring ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declare a state of emergency over the Cram Fire, which has burned over 77,000 acres in the state and ...

Although some businesses have yet to see the effects of changing federal policies, Gov. Kotek previously noted Oregon is ...

The Cram Fire reached 77,158 acres as of July 17, remaining the state's largest blaze and growing nearly 13,000 acres since ...

Oregon Governor Kotek invokes Emergency Conflagration Act due to the Cram Fire in Jefferson and Wasco counties.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency on Wednesday warning the state’s wildfire threat is only expected to ...

Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday signed House Bill 3349, which authorizes the Oregon Department of Forestry to donate or sell ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield on Thursday said he had no role in the Department of Justice hiring two out-of-state law ...

The state is in critical fire danger because of “extreme high temperatures” that forecasters say will last for an extended ...

Oregon lawmakers have passed a pair of bills to enable "microgrids" within the larger power system. Microgrids are essentially local "islands" of energy generation and storage systems that connect to ...

Interstate Business Solutions, a highway clean-up company, laid off 40 of its Oregon employees on Friday after the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced it would allow its contract with ...

While the state hopes to complete the cleanup phase within months, long-term recovery could take far longer — as long as five ...