WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a series of initiatives last week aimed at bolstering wildfire prevention, improving forest health, expanding domestic timber ...

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Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that was co-sponsored by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden. At the end of 2024, wildfire survivors who had waited years ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The 2020 and 2021 fire seasons greatly impacted the state of Oregon, burning close to two million acres and having a particularly devastating effect on 650,000 acres of forested ...

As Southern California marks the first anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires, we continue to track ways people can ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin and Travis County have issued disaster declarations due to the region’s heightened wildfire risk. This follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s Oct. 10 renewal of the statewide disaster ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills to help the ongoing recovery and rebuilding of the communities in the Los Angeles area impacted by two deadly wildfires ...

Oregon’s U.S. senators are urging their peers on a powerful budgeting committee to send emergency funding to Oregon and other states where national lands and parks were recently burned by wildfires.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper are asking President Trump to reverse a decision, saying the president denied disaster declaration requests for major wildfires ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills to help the ongoing recovery and rebuilding of the communities in the Los Angeles area impacted by two deadly wildfires earlier this year, his ...