Western States Move to be Less Reliant on Fed Resources. Montana Votes on $186M to Stage Resources Locally. Idaho Trains its Loggers to Fight Fire. $1.6B Wildfire Lawsuit Moves Forward in Oregon.
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The 1.6 Billion Dollar Class Action Lawsuit Against Pacific Core
The Santium Canyon fire was one of Of many that burned across Oregon during an unprecedented windstorm Labor Day weekend of 2020. The fires were the most costly in Oregon history killing at least nine people demolishing Thousands of homes and burning more than 1 million acres statewide. Trial in the class action lawsuit is scheduled to begin Monday and again next week. State and federal estimates of the financial cost have ranged between 622 million to over 1 billion dollars, but federal investigators are still ongoing.
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