Kotek, Oregon and wildfire

Oregon Gov. Kotek calling legislative special session to fund wildfire costs
The fires' full cost topped $350 million, Oregon's governor said. The feds will pay much of that, but she wants the state to pay its wildfire bills as soon as possible.
Kotek calls special legislative session to pay outstanding bills from record Oregon wildfire season
The 2024 fire season cost Oregon emergency response agencies nearly $350 million, and the state leaders are struggling to find a way to cover outstanding bills. Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday following reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting that she’ll call a special session of the Legislature on Dec.
Gov. Kotek calls special session to address Oregon's record wildfire season costs
Gov. Tina Kotek is calling on the Oregon legislature to convene a special session in order to allocate funds to cover the costs of the 2024 wildfire season.
Kotek calls special session to address funding for Oregon's historic wildfire season
Lawmakers will meet in a special session Dec. 12 to address costs of Oregon's 2024 wildfire season that saw 1.9 million acres burned.
Oregon lawmakers will hold emergency session to pay wildfire bills
State agencies say they don’t have enough money to pay for a fire season that burned almost 2 million acres. Lawmakers will step in to help next month.
Kotek calls special legislative session to pay wildfire bills
The 2024 fire season cost Oregon emergency response agencies nearly $350 million, and state leaders are struggling to find a way to cover outstanding bills.
Unpaid Bills at Department of Forestry Lead Kotek to Call Special Session
Tina Kotek today said she’s calling the Legislature into a special session Dec. 12 to deal with a stack of unpaid bills that accumulated at the Oregon Department of Forestry this summer. “The unprecedented 2024 wildfire season required all of us to work together to protect life,

dementia, Wildfire

Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on Nov. 27
A new wildfire was reported today at 6:27 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this ...
Landlords Evicted Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.
But new reporting shows that FEMA didn’t take basic steps to ensure that happened: When the agency inked contracts with ...
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Hundreds hope to return home as firefighters battle wildfire in NY, NJ
Residents who fled more than 160 homes along the New York-New Jersey border over the weekend were hoping to return Monday ...
Breaking: New wildfire reported in Riverside County on Nov. 26
A new wildfire was reported today at 8:47 p.m. in Riverside County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...
FEMA’s Plan For Maui Wildfire Survivors Lacked Safeguards For Residents
FEMA officials said they didn’t want their housing program for survivors of Maui’s 2023 wildfires to displace any residents.
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure Linked to Dementia Risk
MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke ...
Unearthed footage of Barron Trump speaking with mom's accent spreads like wildfire after dad's massive win
Viral unearthed videos spreading across social media show first son Barron Trump spoke with a Slovenian accent, like his mom, ...
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NY Army Guard aviators play key role in controlling wildfire
New York Army National Guard aviators dropped 550,160 gallons of water on the 5,200 acre Jennings Creek fire between Nov.
Opposition to forest thinning heats up in Jeffco mountain parks as wildfire threat looms
Wildfire mitigation is a hot topic in Colorado, with the fire season now stretching well beyond the sweltering summer months ...