Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

Wildfires in Los Angeles County in January serve as a reminder that Texas is no stranger to destructive grassfires and ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...

Rising costs and cancellations by insurers citing wildfire risks have garnered attention in California, where many Los ...

The recent fires in Los Angeles have sparked concerns for residents living in Orange County's high-risk areas, which have ...

The pushback is coming from areas of the county with greater wildfire risks and potential evacuation problems.

By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...

Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a ...

Across the country, new construction is expanding into areas that are prone to burning, known as the wildland-urban interface. Around 32 million homes were built there between 1992 and 2015 ...

Kathleen Cahoon said the goal of the controlled burns is to reduce wildfire risk and restore ecosystems in the wildland urban interface areas. “Those areas have a higher level of threat for when ...