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Oregon bill would ban utility rate increases amid unresolved wildfire lawsuits
After the federal government filed a lawsuit against PacifiCorp on Dec. 19 for negligence during the 2020 Labor Day Wildfires ...
No utility rate increases until wildfire lawsuits resolved, Oregon lawmakers propose
Lawmakers say it's an effort to hold PacifiCorp accountable as the utility faces lawsuits stemming from deadly 2020 wildfires ...
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Bigger fires, longer seasons challenge current ways of fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon’s rural forest protective ...
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Top stories of 2024: Summer of fire
July, a wave of destructive wildfires swept through much of Eastern Oregon, including Grant County. A second wave hit the ...
Some worry about using traditional approach to fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state — an area larger ...
Oregon’s bigger, more severe fires worry those tasked with fighting them
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, people who work with Oregon’s forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and secure ...
Removing dead trees after a severe wildfire is often right thing to do
The scars left by severe wildfires across Oregon’s forests are not only a reminder of nature’s power but also of the critical ...
Judge rules for insurgent firms in PacifiCorp wildfire legal clash
Lead counsel in the big PacifiCorp wildfire case in Portland are at war with an insurgent group of law firms they accuse of ...
Oregon sues companies over defective homes for southern Oregon wildfire victims
The state of Oregon is suing the companies brought on to build 140 homes for 2020 wildfire survivors in southern Oregon. In the nearly $11.8 million lawsuit, Oregon Housing and Community Services ...
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Philomath's Lumos among 6 wineries suing Pacific Power over wildfires
the latest in dozens of claims in California and Oregon seeking almost $50 billion from PacifiCorp for the company's role in the 2020 Labor Day fires. Philomath-based Lumos Wine Co. has joined ...