An Oregon jury has ordered PacifiCorp to pay $305 million to 16 victims of the state's devastating 2020 wildfires. The amounts awarded Wednesday were to victims of the Santiam Canyon fire.

A 10-year prison sentence has been handed to a man police say led a crime group that operated "large-scale methamphetamine ...

In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent. Governments promise ...

Li Qiaoming latest victim of president’s purge to consolidate power – but which may undermine China’s ability to go to war ...

Peter Ekman, CEO of Spring Mountain Vineyard, discusses the revival of the fabled Napa Valley estate founded in the 1870s and their strategy to rebuild it into a global luxury wine leader.

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

A large fire at farm complex in Ohio used for hog production has killed about 6,000 of the animals, a fire official said.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it is aware of Iowa pipeline explosion but hasn't yet joined an investigation.

A multi-year investigation into a network of drug production labs in Richmond has concluded with the sentencing of four individuals.

New research led by a University of Oregon ecologist suggests that fire was historically more frequent in the Douglas fir forests of the western Oregon Cascade Range than previously believed. In the ...

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The term “boat check” — popularized by former Gov. Chris Christie — refers to retirement payouts supposedly large enough to ...