Governor's race
The three women hoping to be Oregon governor — Republican Christine Drazan, Democrat Tina Kotek and Betsy Johnson running as an unaffiliated candidate — have all promised to make a substantial dent in the state's homelessness problem.
Panel Reset
Oregon's Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters named four new members to the Public Defense Services Commission. On Monday, she fired all nine members.
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Two Class of 2025 students spent 9th grade out of traditional high school, opting for online programming after schools welcomed students back during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last year we reported on how the Coquille Tribe was using a special electrified boat from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove invasive bass. Now we have an update on how that effort’s being doubled.
As of Monday, crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry have suppressed 418 fires, burning a total of 582 acres in ODF districts.
A judge has ordered the state agency that operates Washington’s largest psychiatric hospital to pay more than $2 million to four female health workers who were assaulted by a violent patient who repeatedly targeted women
Provost and Senior Vice President Patrick Phillips will serve as interim leader until UO finds a new permanent leader
Revisiting claims of innocence and speeding up the expungement process was a cornerstone of Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s election platform in 2020. But after a first attempt in 2021 to get the program up and running sputtered, Schmidt’s vision might finally be coming into focus.
It’s essentially a road map of Oregon, featuring landscape photographer Peter Marbach’s photos of state parks, from the Wallowa Mountains in Eastern Oregon to the crashing waves at Shore Acres State Park in Coos Bay.
U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the two states, which rely on water from the Colorado River, will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought.
Climate scientists say the new spending package that President Biden just signed will trim future warming a bit.
U.S. regulators have finalized a long-awaited rule that's expected to allow millions of Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription
The cancelation in federal student debt for 208,000 borrowers came after authorities found "widespread and pervasive misrepresentations" at the defunct college chain, the Education Department said.
Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Property rights activists nearly derailed Oregon's growth management system in the early 2000s. And no one was more prominent — or colorful — than Dorothy English.
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Kick start the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.
Nearly 150 years ago, the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce people were exiled. For three decades, they’ve held the Tamkaliks Celebration to commemorate their return. Now, after missing two years due to COVID-19, the gathering has resumed.
