The Oregon Department of Forestry had more than 1,800 outstanding invoices totaling $98 million at the beginning of December.

Gov. Kotek called the special session to free up money to pay hundreds of contractors involved in the wildfire season that ...

The emergency spending will free up the Oregon Department of Forestry and Office of State Fire Marshal — the two state ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry still owes hundreds of vendors more than $98 million for costs incurred during this year's ...

Oregon lawmakers are meeting in a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay for the record wildfire season of 2024, ...

The season ended in October but Jackola is still waiting for the Oregon Department of Forestry to reimburse all of his ...

The company has worked on wildfires for decades, and Miller says the state routinely pays its bills within 45 days. But this ...

The state spent more than $350 million responding to more than 2,000 wildfires in 2024, far exceeding projected costs and ...

Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday signed Senate Bill 5801, passed in Thursday’s legislative special session, that allocates $218 million to the Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal to pay ...

Oregon’s drier east side was hit the hardest. Many landowners there pay the Oregon Department of Forestry for fire protection through a per-acre annual fee based on what kind of land they have ...

The Rail Ridge Fire, one of more than 2,000 wildfires in the 2024 season, burns near Dayville. (Grant County Emergency ...