Rain clouds form over Troutdale in this file photo from March 2023.
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Superintendent Andrea Castañeda says the budget pains are the result of an outdated formula for school funding, something Gov. Tina Kotek wants to address.
Psilocybin clinic owners in Oregon say they’ve drawn clients from states as far away as Texas and Indiana willing to pay hotel, airfare and food costs and up to $2,000 for the experience.
The National Weather Service says rain and mountain snow are returning to the Pacific Northwest after a stretch of dry, sunny days.
Teachers will be paid more over the next three years, but not as much as they originally wanted. The contract also includes more overload pay for larger classes.
City Council on Wednesday gave the city’s purchasing department permission to spend up to $2.6 million on a contract with Axon Enterprises, a top provider of body-worn cameras to law enforcement agencies across the country.
Eugene Springfield Fire says it will begin staffing a squad for downtown Eugene and nearby areas this week to transport patients to hospital in Springfield, after PeaceHealth has announced closure of services at its University District location in December.
The projects are aimed at helping salmon and steelhead recover in an agricultural region.
The Washington state Supreme Court has granted a request by the University of Washington and the Pac-12 to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that gave Oregon State and Washington State control of the conference.
Oregon State has promoted defensive coordinator Trent Bray to head coach, quickly replacing Jonathan Smith after he left for Michigan State.
Scientists in Washington recently used NASA satellites to learn more about snow in the mountains.
As graphic images from Gaza flood social media platforms, many people are claiming those images are fake, in the latest iteration of a disturbing trope.
Starting in early December, about 19,000 school districts will have the chance to order free rapid COVID tests from the federal stockpile for their students, staff and others in the community.
U.S. and Israeli officials are in Qatar working on a new cease-fire extension. On Wednesday, Hamas released 16 hostages from Gaza. Israel says more than 140 hostages remain in captivity.
A new citizen-scientist research project aims to test whether daily moments of awe, kindness and gratitude can make a real impact. Early results are promising. And it's not too late to join the study.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators
Due to the instability of the soil on which it stands and the infrastructure on either side of the Willamette River, Multnomah County engineers will essentially be building three new bridges to replace Burnside. Each one will have to connect to the other in a way that ensures they remain standing and functional after a major earthquake.
Several cities in Oregon’s Willamette Valley have seen excessively muddy water flowing into their drinking water systems as a result of upstream reservoirs being drained, the Salem Statesman-Journal has reported.
The Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, a studio on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is focused on contemporary printmaking, professional artist residencies and Indigenous arts workshops.