Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

Let’s start with the obvious. The state’s wildfire maps are clearly flawed. There is no justification for properties directly ...

Southern Oregon cities such as Medford and Ashland appear as small dots of green (low risk) surrounded by vast swatches, representing thousands of properties, colored red. Fire Maps: TROUBLE SPOTS ...

The team from Southern Oregon University’s Laboratory of Anthropology in Ashland will search for human ashes among layers of ...

Its other aim is to help direct where fire mitigation resources may ... Senator Noah Robinson, who hails from Cave Junction in southern Oregon, said the maps were the wrong approach.