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Bigger fires, longer seasons challenge current ways of fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon’s rural forest protective ...
Biden Had A Chance To Protect Ancient Trees — And Failed
The president set out to leave a legacy on nation's most carbon-rich forests. Experts say he dropped the ball.
U.S. homelessness up 18% since 2023; Oregon alone in not counting most unsheltered people this year, feds report
Oregon was the lone state in which officials opted not to conduct a new count of people living unsheltered in nearly all its ...
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Some worry about using traditional approach to fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state — an area larger than Delaware. For Tyler McCarty, district manager at ...
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U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities
Oregon will miss out on millions in funding from the Secure Rural Schools bill, which passed the Senate but failed to garner ...
KBND21h
Wildfire Bills Being Paid
(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Department of Forestry is working to pay past-due bills for the summer's wildfire season. The record setting wildfire season depleted funds for fighting the fires. The Oregon ...
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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Associated Press The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge ...
Missoula Current23h
Worries linger over traditional firefighting approach in rural Oregon
Oregon’s remaining few forest protective associations are grappling with questions about how they will retain personnel and ...