Ryan Haas

Ronnie L. Scott was indicted for manslaughter nearly a year after the fatal stabbing of Kenny Housman.

Oregon Senate Bill 1007 would have made it easier for wrongfully convicted people in the state to seek compensation for their years incarcerated, but failed to pass this year.

“Portland has not requested and does not require the intervention of the National Guard,” Mayor Keith Wilson said in the statement Sunday.

The Trump administration's "one big, beautiful bill" is in the state Senate.

Originally a day to commemorate the fight for an eight-hour work day, May 1 encompasses a wide variety of demonstrations in the Pacific Northwest each year.

The Port of Portland’s board of commissioners voted Monday to eliminate a social equity policy over concern the Trump administration could remove a sizable chunk of the agency’s funding.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.

Since passing a law to pay exonerees for wrongful convictions in 2022, Oregon has paid less than five people who have applied for the money. Lawmakers now want changes to the law.

Both sides have been in mediation talks urged by Gov. Tina Kotek since last week. Tuesday’s deal applies to nearly all the bargaining units that had joined the strike.

The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have their first fresh look at nitrate levels in the region, and it’s concerning.