Update: Central Oregon Fire Information is reporting the Zen Fire is now 40% contained, with the fire burning 1,500 acres.
Even when homes are not immediately threatened, a wildfire of this size can still disrupt daily life in major ways.
On a cool morning in late April, blackened ground smoldered under ponderosa pines in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The air at the southern Oregon site in the vast Ashland watershed had a ...
Oregon is bracing for what could be one of its most punishing wildfire seasons in years. Gov. Tina Kotek announced on May 5, 2026, that the state should prepare for fires from June through October, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A wildfire in Central Oregon in the middle of March forced evacuations this week, prompting fire officials to warn that this year’s fire season may already be underway. According to ...
The findings took into account socioeconomic issues beyond other methodologies considering environmental factors for wildfire ...
Damages trials against the Berkshire Hathaway electric utility will remain on hold pending action by the Oregon Supreme Court ...