An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

INFLATION RATE. Western Visayas records a 2.7 percent inflation in March, similar to its rate in February, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in a report on Friday (April 11, 2025). PSA ...

100% READY. Commission on Elections 6 (Western Visayas) Election Director Dennis Ausan (2nd from right) and MORE Power president and chief executive officer Roel Castro (2nd from left) sign on April 7 ...

Apr. 9—New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

(KPTV) - On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83, which is another step in repealing a controversial wildfire hazard map for ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and comment, the Kern County Fire Department said. Cal ...

A total of 123 schools in Western Visayas suspended in-person classes on Monday, April 7, due to the dangerously high heat index forecast in the region, in line with a recent directive from the ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — A total of 59 members of the Association of Regional Information Officers in Western Visayas (ARIO-WV) Inc. and employees of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Western ...

Western Visayas has been dismembered again when Negros Occidental joined Negros Oriental to form Negros Island Region. Despite this, Hiligaynon remains the lingua franca with Kinaray-a ...

A fresh splash of crimson juts east of Chico like a fresh wound. With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just ...

Now, local governments have 120 days to receive public input and adopt the maps with an ordinance. While cities and counties can opt to increase the hazard level of a zone or number of acres in a ...