How the rapid spread of misinformation pushed Oregon lawmakers to kill the state’s wildfire risk map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...
Sunday will mark five years since the devastating Labor Day wildfires of 2020. On Sept. 7 that year, there was a historic wind event that fanned the flames of five fires in the Cascades. According to ...
Find all stories in the OPB series “Labor Day fires: Five years later” here. Starting Labor Day weekend 2020, wildfires charred Oregon’s land, choked the air, and cost the state hundreds of millions ...
Utility company PacifiCorp has reached another settlement following the Labor Day fires of 2020 – agreeing to pay $125 million to nearly 100 Oregon wineries and vineyards impacted by the blaze.
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 ...
Thousands of homes were under evacuation orders and warnings on Sunday from wildfires in Northern California wine country and central Oregon as crews battled the flames in dry, hot weather. The ...
The settlement is part of approximately 2,700 wildfire-related claims the utility has settled since 2020 with individuals, ...
PacifiCorp agreed to pay $125 million as part of a settlement with Oregon wine companies and vineyards over damage from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
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This story was originally published by ProPublica. This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. A year after Oregon endures its most destructive fire season on record in 2020, state lawmakers ...
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
This story first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This is how ...
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