Oregon lawmakers are convening for a special session to discuss emergency wildfire funding after a record wildfire season in ...
Oregon lawmakers on Thursday approved more than $218 million to cover eye-popping bills that the state’s fire fighting ...
Good afternoon and happy Thursday, readers! In today’s edition of Daily on Energy, Callie and Maydeen take a look at the ...
The company has worked on wildfires for decades, and Miller says the state routinely pays its bills within 45 days. But this ...
Last summer's historic wildfire season brought record-high costs upwards of $350 million, placing Oregon agencies in a deep ...
Gov. Kotek called the special session to free up money to pay hundreds of contractors involved in the wildfire season that ...
The emergency spending will free up the Oregon Department of Forestry and Office of State Fire Marshal — the two state ...
Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday signed Senate Bill 5801, passed in Thursday’s legislative special session, that allocates $218 million to the Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal to pay ...
On Thursday, during a special session, Oregon lawmakers passed the funding to cover the high cost of this year’s wildfire ...
The Oregon Department of Forestry still owes hundreds of vendors more than $98 million for costs incurred during this year's ...
The state spent more than $350 million responding to more than 2,000 wildfires in 2024, far exceeding projected costs and leaving some contractors unpaid.
The Oregon Department of Forestry had more than 1,800 outstanding invoices totaling $98 million at the beginning of December.