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Oregon lawmakers to hold special session on emergency wildfire funding
Oregon lawmakers are convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid bills stemming from the state’s 2024 record wildfire season. As wildfires still rage in California,
Oregon looks to special session to pay 100s of vendors millions of $$$ for wildfire costs
The Oregon Department of Forestry still owes hundreds of vendors more than $98 million for costs incurred during this year's wildfire season.
Lawmakers to convene in Salem on Thursday for special session on funding record-breaking wildfire season
Gov. Kotek called for the Dec. 12 special session to finalize how to pay for last summer's $350 million, record-breaking wildfire season.
Oregon lawmakers to vote on funds to pay off debts for historic 2024 wildfire season
The Oregon Department of Forestry had more than 1,800 outstanding invoices totaling $98 million at the beginning of December.
What to know as Oregon lawmakers convene for special session on Thursday
Oregon lawmakers plan to gavel in for a quick legislative session Thursday afternoon to provide emergency money to agencies that fought the state’s wildfires this summer. A record 1.9 million acres burned during a season three times as bad as the 10-year average.
Oregon lawmakers to meet for special session on wildfire season
The Oregon Legislature will convene in Salem on Thursday for a special session solely focused on how to pay last summer’s historic wildfire season. A record 1.9 million acres burned across the state,
Watch: Oregon lawmakers holding pre-session hearings, will convene wildfire-funding special session
House Interim Committee on Education - see agenda items in schedule below. SALEM. Ore. (KTVZ) – Legislators have returned to Salem Tuesday through Thursday, Dec. 10-12 to engage in the final series of interim legislative committee hearings prior to the 2025 legislative session.
Oregon lawmakers hear emotional testimony on $218M in wildfire debt
Lawmakers heard emotional testimony Wednesday in a hearing on the debt Oregon has accumulated during a historic wildfire season.
Oregon IOU for 2024 wildfires: $350M
Gov. Tina Kotek called a special legislative session beginning later in the week to have lawmakers approve the bill for ...
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Oregon Amplifies Wildfire Preparedness with $250 Incentives for Defensible Space Assessments
Oregon heightens wildfire preparedness with a $250 incentive for residents in high-risk areas to complete a defensible space assessment through the OSFM program, aiming to mitigate fire damage.
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Oregon expands defensible space payments after ‘unprecedented’ wildfire season
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Following a historic wildfire season, the Oregon State Fire Marshal is expanding a defensible space program to help more Oregonians pay for wildfire prevention projects ...
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Oregon offers $250 to property owners for creating defensible space against wildfires
SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Incentives are offered to help Oregonians pay for defensible space projects from the Oregon State Fire Marshal. Property owners in select wildfire-vulnerable areas can ...
Congress approves tax relief for wildfire survivors in Oregon and other states
The bill would exempt people who have survived a wildfire between 2016 and 2026 from paying federal income taxes on disaster recovery settlements.
Wildfire smoke affecting many U.S. cities, including in Midwest, East Coast
Heavy smoke from wildfires more frequently chokes the skies over the Western United States, but cities farther to the east ...
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‘I think it’s critically important’: Forest Service curbing wildfire risk west side of Highway 97
The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District is starting to clear bush from hundreds of acres near the Deschutes River Woods community ...