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Oregon finalizes new wildfire maps after backlash
The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home hardening and buffer zones. Oregon finalized a new system for managing ...
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“The Brown Round-Up”: The Racist Chain Letter Terrorizing an Oregon County
Trump’s mass deportation agenda is already taking shape—for a second time—in coastal Oregon. A racist letter reportedly circulating through Lincoln County ... proceeds to outline a dystopian ...
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Oregon Department of Forestry releases revised statewide wildfire hazard zone maps after initial version was pulled
The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the Oregon Department of Forestry ...
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Oregon lawmakers outline plans, priorities for health care in session
Our journalism relies on member support. Discounted rates available. In two weeks the health care committees in the Oregon Legislature will be flooded with bills concerning myriad issues such as ...
Oregon's new wildfire maps address criticism, clarify hazard zones
Oregon has finalized its statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface, with the final versions now accessible on the Oregon Explorer ...
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Oregon issues new ‘wildfire hazard maps’ for homeowners living in high-risk areas
Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps ...
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Oregon's new wildfire maps address criticism, clarify hazard zones
Bob Hart from Jackson County told KATU News that the maps still were unfairly putting properties in the wrong zones. "Wildfire problems in Oregon are everybody's problem, not just the property ...
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New Oregon wildfire risk maps show which areas most likely to burn, bring damage
The yearslong process to produce a map that designates ... in addition to Deschutes County outside of Bend, along with other areas scattered outside of cities in eastern Oregon.
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Brazos County leaders outline plan to manage future landfill development
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -A public meeting in Millican drew a large crowd on Sunday as Brazos County leaders outlined a plan to restrict where future landfills could be located. The proposal focuses on ...
Oregon places new rules on homeowners living in certain high-risk wildfire areas
Updated versions of state-developed wildfire hazard maps released Tuesday create the rules for people living in the most fire ...
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New Oregon wildfire risk maps show which areas most likely to burn, bring damage
Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map ... County outside of Bend, along with other areas ...