Oregon lawmakers approve $218M in emergency wildfire funding in special session
Oregon lawmakers have approved $218 million in emergency wildfire funding after convening for a special session. The state ...
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Former employee at Ash Grove Cement's Durkee plant sues company, claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting safety concerns
A former employee at the Ash Grove Cement plant near Durkee has filed a lawsuit against the company claiming he was fired in ...
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Oregon isn’t paying its wildfire bills on time. Now legislators must act
But the Oregon Department of Forestry and State Fire Marshal are short on cash. FILE- The Durkee fire in Eastern Oregon, shown here in this file image from July 22, 2024, scorched nearly 300,000 ...
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Oregon Legislature approves $218M in emergency wildfire funding
In this image provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Durkee fire burns in the background as it nears Interstate 84 near Huntington, Ore., early Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (Oregon ...
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Oregon lawmakers approve $218M in emergency wildfire funding in special session
Oregon wildfires this year destroyed at least 42 homes and burned large swaths of range and grazing land in the state’s rural east. At one point, the Durkee Fire, which scorched roughly 460 ...