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Industry groups and property owners are wary of mandating fire-resistant materials in new construction. There's also controversy over exactly where the new rules should be required.
covid update
The spread of the coronavirus appears to again be slowing across much of Oregon, but the specifics vary by region.
On Monday night, a potential tornado moved through Battle Ground. It caused little damage.
Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless immigration sweeps.
The list of public employees suing to overturn Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate has grown to about 600 people, and now includes the state’s fire marshal, Charles LeBlanc.
The GOP opposed the Democrats’ plans, but feared what could happen if responsibility for legislative districts moved to the secretary of state.
The campsites – three total are planned as a pilot program – aim to help unhoused residents access services and provide more safe places to shelter. No announcement yet when or where they will open.
Umatilla County Public Health Director Joseph Fiumara told county commissioners that the county’s case count last week was 550 cases of COVID-19 with 151 pending cases from the weekend.
Three men, Brycen Scofield, Austin McLeod and Dylan McLeod, are facing charges of second-degree murder, second-degree abuse of a corpse and other charges.
The Customs and Border Protection agency's internal accountability system is "broken," says Andrea Guerrero of Alliance San Diego. The group says independent and external investigations are needed.
Cherokee Nation officials say their community has been disproportionately harmed by the opioid crisis. The drug companies denied any wrongdoing.
A judge in Maryland has sentenced the gunman who killed five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in 2018 to five life sentences without parole, along with other prison time. A jury found Jarrod Ramos criminally responsible for the massacre in July, rejecting his insanity plea.
The number of murder charges filed in the U.S. rose nearly 30% in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to FBI statistics. It is the largest single-year increase since the record-keeping began.
Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit a formal request for emergency use authorization of their vaccine in young children "in the coming weeks."
At the heart of Esperanza Spalding's new album is the question "What do you need a song for?" NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Grammy-winning musician from Portland, Oregon, about her album, Songwrights Apothecary Lab.
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Kickstart the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.
Oregon’s long history of racism was what brought Sean Kealiher and so many protesters like him to the streets. That history is part of the reason Laura Kealiher believes Portland police aren't solving her son's killing.
