An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

Lawmakers from both parties support scrapping Oregon's wildfire hazard map four years after devastating fires, saying it failed to accurately assess risk. US seeks release of ex-FBI informant who ...

(KPTV) - On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83, which is another step in repealing a controversial wildfire hazard map for ...

And the Alarka 5 Fire is Swain County had burned 1,515 acres. A burn ban was still in place for all of North Carolina as of March 31. Great Smoky Mountains National Park also has issued a burn ban.

A teenager has died after a crash on Union Cross Road in Forsyth County on Thursday, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Troopers responded to the crash at about 4:08 p.m. Thursday.

Some areas in North Carolina are hopeful for rain to tamper the flames like in Swain County, while in Transylvania County 750 homes are under mandatory evacuation.

Two Oregon lawmakers are calling on major insurance companies to stop using their own internal wildfire risk maps to drop homeowner's policies — at least until next year. In a Friday press ...