By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Oregon lawmakers looking for a new source of money to fight wildfires this year have come up with few slam-dunk answers. Now one […]
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told reporters Monday she is very reluctant to follow the lead of her fellow Democrat, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who last […]
By MIA MALDANADO/Oregon Capital Chronicle Overdose deaths in Oregon went down 22% in 2024, the Oregon Health Authority announced Friday. The decrease in overdose deaths follows a nationwide trend of […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Grand Coulee Dam is among the most powerful energy-generating dams on earth. It’s the bedrock of the federal Columbia River power system — a network […]
By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio On an early spring day outside of North Bend in Coos County, Fred Messerle admires a newly built tide gate spanning Palouse Creek. The […]
By MIA MALDONADO/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers aim to speed up the process for renaming dozens of creeks, lakes, mountains and other sites that still hold offensive names. […]
By The Oregon Journalism Project Oregon Humanities filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland saying the Department of Government Efficiency improperly cut funding […]
By TATUM TODD and CARLOS FUENTES/The Oregonian/OregonLive Police descended on a wildlife park near Bandon on Thursday after years of inspections documented animals in poor condition and other concerns, the […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariffs have thrown a wrench in Oregon’s tax revenues previously expected to grow by hundreds of millions of […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians will go hungry if congressional Republicans plow forward with plans to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and shift costs to states, […]
