Oregon lawmakers are convening Thursday for a special session to discuss emergency funding to pay out millions in unpaid ...

Oregon lawmakers are convening for a special session to discuss emergency wildfire funding after a record wildfire season in ...

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

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

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

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

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Oregon legislators convened Thursday to come up with $218 million to pay outstanding balances from the 2024 wildfire season.

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

Last summer's historic wildfire season brought record-high costs upwards of $350 million, placing Oregon agencies in a deep ...