In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with an Oregon ranger who saved hundreds of people from the path of the deadly 2020 Labor Day Fires. Nikki Swanson, Sweet Home ...

Oregon got a huge federal grant after the devastating 2020 Labor Day fires left thousands of people without homes, as Nigel Jaquiss reported for the Oregon Journalism Project, but most of it still ...

A jury has awarded nearly $50 million in damages to seven survivors of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day wildfires. A rental property company was also awarded $210,000 in the trial. It’s the fourth jury verdict ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A newly released Oregon Department of Forestry report says that downed power lines were not the cause of the deadly Santiam Canyon Fire in Sept. 2020. Investigators determined ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury has ordered PacifiCorp to pay $305 million to 16 victims of the state's devastating 2020 wildfires in the latest verdict in a class-action lawsuit against the utility ...

A group of racial justice protesters reached a settlement with the federal government in a lawsuit accusing law enforcement agents sent by President Trump of using excessive force to protect a federal ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has big plans for the upcoming 2020 legislative session that begins Feb. 3. Although it's a short session lasting only 35 days, the governor has high hopes ...