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Portland General Electric prepares ahead of wildfire season

Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 10:45 PM PDT
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By Bridget Chavez
Portland General Electric (PGE) is gearing up ahead of wildfire season and putting millions of dollars into fire prevention.

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Areas in Santiam State Forest re-open after 2020 Labor Day fires

Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 1:16 PM PDT
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By FOX 12 Staff
The Oregon Department of Forestry announced that about 925 additional acres of the Santiam State Forest will re-open after the 2020 Labor Day fires.

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Oregon grant expands response area for 6 fire departments

Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 11:29 AM PST
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By Will Maetzold
The Hoodland Fire District is now able to get places faster.

National News

UN climate report: ‘Atlas of human suffering’ worse, bigger

Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 5:46 AM PST
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
The report highlights people being displaced from homes, places becoming uninhabitable, the number of species dwindling, coral disappearing, ice shrinking and rising and increasingly oxygen-depleted and acidic oceans.

Wildfires

Study: Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought

Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 11:17 AM PST
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By The Associated Press
A new study has found that gas stoves are worse for the climate than previously thought.

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Oregon grant expands response area for 6 fire departments
Oregon grant expands response area for 6 fire departments

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Family celebrates discovery of beloved heart-shaped rock after 2020 wildfire destroyed Breitenbush cabin

Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 12:06 PM PST
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By Camila Orti
Throughout the cleanup process, crew members have recovered incredible things from underneath the rubble to return to families. Sometimes it’s the most unassuming objects that hold the most value. That became true for the Seaton family, who owned a cabin in the Breitenbush area, east of Detroit.

Wildfires

California fires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias

Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 12:13 AM PDT
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By The Associated Press
More than 2,000 firefighters are battling the blaze.
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