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Proposal to impose penalties on private utilities delaying wildfire lawsuits quietly moves forward
A bipartisan bill moving through the Oregon Senate would prohibit private utilities from recovering wildfire costs from customers ...
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NE Oregon sends two trucks, 10 firefighters to LA fires
ENTERPRISE — Two fire trucks and 10 firefighters from Northeastern Oregon have been sent to Southern California to ...
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Prescribed fire spreads into Walla Walla’s watershed
WALLA WALLA — A prescribed fire intended to help protect the source of Walla Walla’s drinking water from ...
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Bear Fire south of Wallowa measured at 40 acres
WALLOWA — The Bear Fire near Wallowa has been more accurately measured at 40 acres, according to a ...
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Update: Bear Fire crews work to protect Bear Creek Guard Station
WALLOWA — The 25-acre Bear Fire did not grow overnight and is still smoldering about 12 miles south ...
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Kotek, wildfire officials urge caution over the weekend and beyond
Oregon’s summer fire season has been unprecedented in the number of acres burned, it’s already cost hundreds of ...
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Fire restrictions on ODF-protected lands lowered a notch
Fire restrictions on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry-Northeast Oregon District will be lowered from extreme ...
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Commissioners laud firefighting efforts
ENTERPRISE — August still isn’t over, so neither is fire season, but the season in the county has ...
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Fire update: Containment hits 80% on Cougar Creek, as a new blaze flares in the Eagle Cap
Containment on the Cougar Creek Fire burning just north of the Washington state border has reached 80% as ...
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Cougar Creek Fire now 65% contained
Firefighters on the Cougar Creek Fire burning just north of the Washington state line are continuing efforts to ...