And in December, the U.S. Department of Justice added to PacifiCorp’s legal woes. The feds filed a $900 million civil lawsuit, claiming the utility’s negligence caused a different 2020 fire in ...

At a rally outside of the Treasury building titled "Nobody Elected Elon," senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and ...

Tesla’s continuing to lose its grasp on California — but Trump’s anti-EV policies could be the lifeline the company needs.

The threat of earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires is turning Oregon into a state peppered with emergency caches.

A group of Democrats — including Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Washington Sen. Patty Murray — held a press conference on Monday, ...

In an effort to safeguard the region’s drinking water from wildfire-related contaminants, the Portland Water Bureau is advancing its filtration capabilities to better prepare for future environmental ...

State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections director on Monday fired two top administrators who oversaw medical treatment for Oregon’s prisoners after an outside investigator made a series of scathing ...

Over the weekend, a leader of the work group, state Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland), unveiled a possible funding source: a ...

The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are far from extinguished, but the blame game is already raging. Apocalyptic images of entire communities returned to ash have been interspliced with a steady ...

With memories of last year’s devastating wildfires in the area still fresh, firefighters from more than a dozen local and ...

Although the state faces the threat of catastrophic wildfire every year, it lacks reliable funding to pay for response and protection, Sen. Jeff Golden writes. The kicker offers an opportunity to ...