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Jury selection began Monday for the trial that 17 plaintiffs are bringing against PacifiCorp, an electric power company that operates Pacific Power in Oregon.

The Phoenix-Talent school district is among four Oregon districts hit hard by wildfires in 2020 that could get a financial break from state lawmakers

Four Oregon school districts hit hard by wildfires in 2020 could get a boost from state lawmakers

Listen • 0:57 The Echo Mountain Complex Fire destroyed hundreds of homes near Lincoln City. A bill under consideration in Salem would waive construction taxes on the cost of rebuilding. Wildfire victims would not have to pay taxes on the cost of rebuilding their homes under a bill approved Friday in the Oregon House. More than five dozen school districts in Oregon impose taxes on the construction of new houses. This can add thousands to the cost of building a home. Suppor...

Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC FEMA says it’s opened a temporary housing site in Lincoln City. The manufactured housing will serve victims of the Echo Mountain Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes last September. FEMA says so far 106 households have moved into similar units in fire-damaged counties around the state. The agency said a total of 264 families are currently qualified for the housing, but the number fluctuates as survivors sometimes find temporary or permanent housing on their own....

   Salmon benefit from downed logs in streams and rivers. It gives them shelter during floods and helps keep them from being washed out to sea before they’re big enough. The Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through several neighborhoods near Lincoln City. Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC   When the Echo Mountain Complex fire tore through parts of the Oregon coast near Lincoln City last fall, wildlife groups saw an opportunity. Thousands of fire-damaged logs with no marketable value will be turne...

After Echo Mountain Complex Fire, Otis leads renewal with small hands and huge hearts Matthew Denis, Register-Guard Replay Video UP NEXT OTIS — Ignore the piles of twisted metal and hulking orange-red skeletons of former RVs, and a new visitor to  this coastal Lincoln County community may think its the site of a new suburban neighborhood. Three months ago, this town on the incline up Echo Mountain bore a striking resemblance to fire-bombed European cities at the end of WWII...