(This story has been updated to include information from the Sept. 2 Springfield City Council meeting.) Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated how much ...

In the last decade, humans caused 7 out of 10 wildfires on state-protected land. (Lightning accounted for the rest.) In 2025, ...

Oregon firefighting and EMS exists under two arrangements: a district or a city. Creation of a fire district or intergovernmental entity would take years. The Eugene Springfield Fire department is ...

The fire burning on the northeast corner of Spencer Butte was under control as of 5 p.m. Sept. 8 and firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry will remain on scene for a mop-up operation, ...

Firefighters in Eugene and Springfield say they want to be governed by a special district because they are under resourced as part of the city budgets. To test this claim, The Register-Guard collected ...

Thousands of homes were under evacuation orders and warnings on Sunday from wildfires in Northern California wine country and central Oregon as crews battled the flames in dry, hot weather. The ...

Now Wasco County has the resources to move forward, and we're going to see more progress for families who have been waiting ...

In June, the Rowena Fire destroyed dozens of homes near The Dalles. However, state funding to complete cleanup wasn't ...