The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that ...

Department of Forestry's conclusion contradicts jury's verdict in class-action suit that could cost the utility billions.

The long-awaited investigation was released Wednesday by the Oregon Department of Forestry. Critics of the report disputed ...

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The Santiam Canyon fire was among 18 fires across Oregon over Labor Day week in 2020, the state’s most destructive fires to ...

Xiaoshi DePaola, KGW SANTIAM JUNCTION, Ore. (KGW) — Investigators found no evidence of power line ignitions causing the ...

In a report from the Oregon Department of Forestry, investigators say powerlines did not help spread the Santiam Canyon Fire ...

Electrical equipment was not the main cause of the devastating Santiam Canyon wildfire in 2020, according to a new report.

Oregon Department of Forestry investigators have determined that the 2020 Santiam Canyon fire was not caused by downed power ...

A report commissioned by the Sierra Club looked at how Utah and Wyoming could save money if PacifiCorp ramped up its pursuit ...

It’s unclear whether the report will have an effect on a multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit that in 2023 found PacifiCorp liable and grossly negligent for wildfires. (This story has been ...

The report, released today to the Oregon Journalism Project under a public records request submitted in January, is a huge victory for PacifiCorp, the embattled utility that in 2023 was found by a ...