SALEM — Counties that might fall back into the state's most restrictive extreme risk level for COVID-19 spread will be given a two-week grace period on heightened restrictions, Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday, March 4.
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SALEM — To avoid making businesses quickly change between COVID-19 extreme infection risk and lower risk levels, Gov. Kate Brown is tweaking the way counties are assigned risk.
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SALEM — Oregon’s long stretch of U.S. Highway 30, from Astoria to the Idaho border, could become the Oregon Veterans Memorial Highway.
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Five Democrats in the Oregon Legislature have filed a bill that would increase the state’s minimum wage, from as low as $11.50 an hour in some places to $17 an hour statewide.
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SALEM — Since the start of the pandemic, the federal government has earmarked nearly $620 million in emergency funds for Oregon schools.
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SALEM — More than 1 million people in Oregon have been vaccinated against COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday, March 3.
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Every Oregon county will receive 100 doses this week of the new Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine that President Joe Biden said Tuesday is a key part of vaccinating all Americ…
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PORTLAND — Oregon health officials said Monday, March 1, they expect to receive 34,000 doses of, the recently approved, Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week.
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Two months ago, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID relief package to boost unemployment benefits, deliver another round of stimulus payments to households, aid businesses and schools and sup…
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In the run-up to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Oregon led all states in per capita internet searches for “armed groups” and conspiracy theories.
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SALEM — Oregon legislators Tuesday introduced House Bill 3296, dubbed the Addiction Crisis Recovery Act, which would increase the state's beer tax by 2,800% and wine tax by 1,700%.
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Eastern Oregon ranchers say they are wary of federal legislation that would add nearly 4,700 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers statewide, despite assurances the proposal will not affect existing…
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Environmentalists have asked a federal judge to again cancel the grazing permit for Oregon’s Hammond family, claiming its restoration violated administrative, environmental and land management laws.
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WASHINGTON — When Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson publicly called for breaching four Lower Snake River dams on Sunday, Feb. 7, as part of his Energy & Salmon Concept, public reaction, it’s fair to…
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Gov. Kate Brown will release the final list of priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccine at a press conference today. Officials with the governor's office, say the eligibility and maximum targe…
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SALEM — A bill that would allow local governments, school districts and universities to prohibit handguns in public buildings is on its way to the Oregon Senate floor, following a tense commit…
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SALEM — Last year’s federal stimulus payments will generate $112 million in additional Oregon taxes because of a quirk in state tax law.
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SALEM — A one-day Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate on Thursday, Feb. 25, was sparked by Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement that she will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency until May 2.
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LEWISTON, Idaho — Another set of scientists, this one more than five dozen deep, is sounding the alarm over Snake River salmon and steelhead, saying if the imperiled fish are to be saved, the …
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SALEM — More than 150,000 Oregonians remain out of work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but income tax collections that support state services and public schools are likely to exceed …
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A proposal to extend Oregon’s tax credit for collecting cow manure for energy has come under fire from critics who say it’s mostly beneficial to large dairies.
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SALEM — A Senate hearing on legislation to alter state gun laws drew a cavalcade of passionate opposition.
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SALEM — Oregon quietly reached a monumental milestone last week in the fight against COVID-19.
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Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature are uniting to reset the clock on delays that would cut them out of drawing political maps for the 2022 election.
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Oregon vaccinates teachers before seniors.
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SALEM — A conservative state senator from Myrtle Creek is the new chair of the Oregon Republican Party, following an event on Saturday, Feb. 20, in which Republicans overhauled their top party…
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Rosenda Strong was missing for nearly a year before her body was found in an abandoned freezer on July 4, 2019, near Toppenish, Washington.
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SALEM — Fewer infections and more vaccine is giving Oregon a boost in its fight against COVID-19, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday, Feb. 19.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden cautioned critics against being too hasty to repeal the legal shield for information service providers for content posted on their platforms.
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SALEM — Landlords in Oregon whose tenants have fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for relief from the state.
SALEM — The Oregon Employment Department is devoting more attention to preventing and fighting fraud, by hiring more people and training others, as the agency pays out a record amount of unemp…
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SALEM — Most Oregon counties would maintain or improve their COVID-19 risk rating next week according to preliminary data from the Oregon Health Authority.
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SALEM — Oregon’s plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through a new Climate Protection Program are facing criticism for leaving out natural gas power plants.
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SALEM — Higher education advocates are joining with a group fighting hunger to support a bill in the Oregon Legislature aimed at helping relieve food and housing insecurity for students.
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SALEM — By most accounts, it’s been 60 years since Oregon saw a storm that damaged the power grid to the degree ice and snow battered the Portland region this weekend.
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SALEM — In an effort to “preserve public access” to the Oregon Legislature, the House Republican leader urged the House Speaker Tuesday, Feb. 16, to pause the virtual 2021 session during mass …
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SALEM — Oregon meat processors could vie for $10 million in grants under a bill that seeks to build on a state inspection program authorized last year.
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SALEM — As coronavirus outbreaks rage at several Oregon prisons, inmates at a minimum-security facility in Salem are pushing for changes after they say administrators sent dozens of inmates wh…
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A bill in the Oregon Legislature would allow some unproductive farmland near the Idaho border to be rezoned for 2-acre residential lots.
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Oregon lawmakers are on track to introduce the highest number of bills in a decade, suggesting the overwhelming majority of them won’t get even a momentary hearing as the Legislature operates …
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PORTLAND — Cities and counties in Oregon aiming to ban homeless people from sitting, sleeping and camping on public property may soon face a barrier under a proposed bill introduced by state l…
SALEM — Make fishing part of your President’s Day Weekend/Valentine’s Day plans. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday, Feb. 13, and Sunday, Feb. 14.
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SALEM — A new report from Portland State University shows that an avalanche of looming evictions across Oregon could come with an eye-popping cost to society — $3.3 billion.
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LA GRANDE — The 27-year-old Montana man facing charges of attempted murder and assault in La Grande also is on the hook for a citation for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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SALEM — All benefits pending to self-employed and gig workers will be paid by the Oregon Employment Department within the next few days.
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SALEM — Twelve counties will see fewer COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and activities beginning Friday, Feb. 12, as the state dropped risk level ratings for counties due to a decline in ne…
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SALEM — Starting Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Oregon Department of Corrections will begin vaccinating 5,000 inmates across the state. The most vulnerable people will be vaccinated first, and the ag…
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SALEM — Billy Williams has resigned after six years as the top federal prosecutor for Oregon.
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SALEM — Oregon started rolling out COVID-19 vaccines Monday, Feb. 8, to people age 80 and over. It’s the first stage of Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout to seniors. Over the course of the nex…
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PORTLAND— The rate of hunger in Oregon has nearly doubled since the pandemic began in early 2020. According to Oregon State University research, the number of people worried about feeding thei…
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SEATTLE — A Republican congressman has proposed removing four hydroelectric dams in the Northwest as part of a sweeping new plan to address the decades-long problem of how to save salmon popul…
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Two members of an Oregon group charged with deciding who gets coronavirus vaccines next received racist, hateful and upsetting messages, prompting state officials to close public access to the…
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SALEM — Most of the people who died in Oregon’s jails last year had a disability, according to a new report by Disability Rights Oregon released on Monday, Feb. 8.
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The gap between COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and availability will make for a chaotic start to age-based inoculations next week.
