Wildfires

Six decades after University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns and was treated with ridicule, he is seen as someone whose ideas could save the U.S. West’s forests and ease wildfire dangers.

Firefighters are busy earlier than usual as high temperatures and dry conditions drive fires in Central and Southern Oregon.

Federal officials warn of a long, potentially dangerous summer of fire. Since January, more than a million acres have burned from more than 28,000 wildfires.

In northeast Oregon’s Union County, the snowpack is so thin that it has completely melted away in measurement sites.

Forest managers in northeast Oregon declared an early start to the 2021 fire season Tuesday, with conditions resembling those that would be typical for mid-summer.

A Washington state utility company says it has no plans to shut off power to prevent wildfires this summer after a blaze that destroyed more than 100 homes last year was sparked by a tree falling onto the utility’s lines.

High winds more than tripled the size of Oregon’s largest blaze overnight.

Oregon's two U.S. senators say they're prioritizing getting their state the help it needs to deal with a looming, drought-fortified fire season.

Get your wildfire emergency kit ready, sign up for emergency alerts, and follow your local law enforcement and firefighting teams on social media.

A report assessing Jackson County’s response to last year’s devastating wildfires calls on government leaders to create a more coordinated emergency plan.