The company has worked on wildfires for decades, and Miller says the state routinely pays its bills within 45 days. But this ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry still owes hundreds of vendors more than $98 million for costs incurred during this year's ...

Oregon lawmakers are convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid ...

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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 ...

The emergency spending will free up the Oregon Department of Forestry and Office of State Fire Marshal — the two state ...

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 Oregon Department of Forestry had more than 1,800 outstanding invoices totaling $98 million at the beginning of December.

The Rail Ridge Fire, one of more than 2,000 wildfires in the 2024 season, burns near Dayville. (Grant County Emergency ...

EWEB and other local groups have secured a total of $1 million in federal funding to undertake projects that will make local ...

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.