BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) --- A La Pine area local is planning a peaceful rally this month in Salem. The focus is Oregon's wildfire hazard map. Veteran Bill Minnix is spearheading the effort to repeal ...

On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state ... and are in the wildland-urban interface area (those areas with urban services near ...

The state’s wildfire maps are clearly flawed ... Almost all Central Oregon is a high risk area. As the Alameda wildfire in Oregon and others across the state and continent have shown, cities ...

The findings come as the Oregon Legislature is considering a bill to improve landfill methane monitoring and reporting.

Former Bend mayor and city councilor Bob Woodward, a colorful personality, avid outdoor enthusiast and prolific journalist who helped pioneer and develop the sports of mountain biking and Nordic ...

The Skjersaa family is known for pioneering and fostering ski sports in Central Oregon ... “grey area.” She encouraged people to monitor a matrix of slope angles, topographical maps and ...

Remote, wild, and scenic – this sums up Umpqua National Forest in a nutshell. We overshot our initial camping spot near a ...

Oregon is ideal for our newfound hobby, and many legally designated rockhounding sites are scattered throughout the state. If you're new to the activity, to begin, pick up a detailed rockhounding map ...

Welcome to Silver Falls State Park, the 9,200-acre wonderland near Sublimity that somehow remains Oregon’s best-kept ...

There’s a place in the Oregon high desert where cowboys once stopped to rest under a juniper tree, and where you can now ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of two people killed by an avalanche in Central Oregon this ... angles are a “grey area.” She encouraged people to monitor a matrix of ...

The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...